Re: [ranchos] information on records

[Joseph Puentes <makas@...>]

so if the mother was in bed and the father was off doing war or work 
then no one for the family except the padrinos were there to tell the 
story. . .hmmmm, this makes good sense now.
thanks,

joseph

ps: where did you get the "Mothers were never at baptisms since the 
custom was for her to stay in bed for 40 days.. " information?

Erlinda Castanon-Long wrote:

> Many times information was being given by other members of the party 
> at the church who did not know who parents or grandparents were, 
> especially if the people were deceased or the family had moved.
> Mothers were never at baptisms since the custom was for her to stay in 
> bed for 40 days.. that meant that someone else had to give her family 
> info and they were often wrong if there had been a remarriage after 
> the death of the first wife, her mother, for instance..
> Linda from Wa.
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