Hi all,
I have just been revisiting some old notes i made from microfilm of baptisms in Kilbarron parish (Ballyshannon) in Donegal. Obviously these gave me useful info re DOBs, parents' names, including mother's maiden name.
I'm now looking more closely at the godparents to see what I might be able to glean from them.
I don't know enough about all the women named as godmothers, but of some of the names i recognise, it seems to me that the priest has recorded married godmothers by their birth/maiden name rather than their married name.
Does anyone out there know whether this was standard practice or was it inconsistent - sometimes maiden name, sometimes married name, varying from parish to parish, even priest to priest?
Thanks,
Christine
I have just been revisiting some old notes i made from microfilm of baptisms in Kilbarron parish (Ballyshannon) in Donegal. Obviously these gave me useful info re DOBs, parents' names, including mother's maiden name.
I'm now looking more closely at the godparents to see what I might be able to glean from them.
I don't know enough about all the women named as godmothers, but of some of the names i recognise, it seems to me that the priest has recorded married godmothers by their birth/maiden name rather than their married name.
Does anyone out there know whether this was standard practice or was it inconsistent - sometimes maiden name, sometimes married name, varying from parish to parish, even priest to priest?
Thanks,
Christine
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