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Almost always include:
Individual's name(usually a child)
Parents' names (if a child)
Child's date of birth and/or baptism (if for an infant baptism)
May also include:
Sponsors' names
Parents' residence
Name of officiating clergyman
Legitimacy of child
Margin notes about other events (e.g. some clergymen will note a person's marriage or even emigration)
Marks or notes about the child's death if he or she died young
In very rare cases, names of one or more of the child's grandparents
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IGI:
http://familysearch.org
FHL Catalog:
http://familysearch.org/ search/ searchcatalog.asp
Direct Contact with the Church
Centralized Church Archives
State or local libraries or societies and/or compiled records for that locality as found in
http://www.byub.org/ ancestors/ resourceguide
College & Special Libraries (e.g., DAR)
Other churches of the same denomination in that area
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To find an ancestor's birth date
To discover the names of the preceding generation
To find a family's place of residence
To find clues to family relationships (e.g., through names of sponsors)
To learn about previously unknown children who died young
In cases of multiple marriages by one of the parents, to determine which one a particular child came from
To learn about changes in church affiliation
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