can someone please tell me the difference between baptism and christening. Does it matter which I use?I want to print out a tree and often I don't have a birth date but I do have the bapt (or christening) date.
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As far as your tree is concerned they can be treated as the same. Christening is the giving of a name and being admitted to the Christian Church. It is often done by baptism, which is the religious rite of immersing or sprinkling with water.
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baptisms
This has been discussed on the Family Historian mailing list in the past so these might help:
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/fa ... 1089661492
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/fa ... 1061982413
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/fa ... 1088799380
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/fa ... 1089661492
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/fa ... 1061982413
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/fa ... 1088799380