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My Two
cents: The custom which I have noticed in my family and possibly it might
be a custom for others is that the maternal grandparents were often also the
godparents of the first-born. The paternal grandparents were the
godparents of the second-born. Sometimes, if this wasn't the case, it was
because a grandparent had died or did not live close enough to participate in
this custom.
Irma
thats great. You just
never know how the padrinos are going to be related. They could be the
abuelos, siblings, tios, primos, or just exceptionally close friends of the
family. The older records before 1800 seem to stop giving the abuelos but you
still have the padrinos listed. so in the older records they take on a more
important role since there is now less information in each record to work
with. I guess the point I'm making is that learning to dig, dig, dig every
little bit of information from each record, leaving no rock unturned now will
help you much later when you are working with less info in the
records.
Others I'm sure can add much to what info I try to dig out of
a post 1800 baptismal record. . .here's my list of what I try to
find.
1) of course the written details of the child.
2) the names of
the parents
3) the names of the grandparents
4) the names of the
padrinos
5) I do a person search on each name given in the record being
careful to do a search with the exact spelling off with different combinations
and then with the exact spelling on with different combinations.
6) I do a
parent search using every possible combination of spellings of names that I
can think of for each couple in the record
7) If I find other children of
the couples listed I'll look at those records and do all the above searches
with those records.
8) If I find any marriage records for any of the people
in the record I'll look at the record and do all the above searches with
everyone listed in those records in addition to:
9) I'll see if anyone in
the marriage record is listed as being from somewhere else. If they are I'll
do a "Batch" search for that surname in that location and see if I get some
good preliminary info that might provoke me to order films from that area.
10) I'll pay special attention to see if the marriage record mentions if a
"Dispensa" was needed. Even if it wasn't mentioned there will many times be
"Informacion Matrimonial" available depending on the time period. I don't know
what its like in other locations but during certain time periods it appears as
if the Informacion Matrimonial was only recorded for certain couples and in
other time periods it appears like every couple has something written up. I'm
not sure I understand this completely.
So now to ask the group. . .what
other info do you all try to dig out of a straighforward post 1800's (pre
1800's too) baptism record?????
thanks,
joseph
SJLSTAR@... wrote:
Joseph,
thats a good idea, taking a copy of the indexes
(sp?) anyways I have done what you have said and yes have found
other people......infact the padrina to my padrina........was one of my moms
best friends and she didn't even know it!!!......my padrina/madrina....is my
moms sister but she is 10 years younger than my mom.
Stella
This too shall pass.............
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