Why would anyone be bapised twice (General)

by Roger Griffiths @, Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 21:17 (5501 days ago) @ rookancestrybest

Another possibility is due to the Poor Laws. Everyone had to 'belong' to an original parish. If a family moved due to search for work and got 'accepted' in a new parish, children baptized in the old parish might be re-baptized in the new parish to legalize their new domicile. I noticed this a few times during my FH researches.

Roger


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