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   Peter Johnson to charlesellson@btinternet.com   
   Re: "Years and upwards"?   
   28 Sep 25 18:25:12   
   
   From: peter@parksidewood.nospam   
      
   On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 01:17:56 +0100, Charles Ellson   
    wrote:   
      
      
   >>   
   >There was more emphasis on the baptism date with some never knowing   
   >their actual birthday. Before 1837 there were no birth registrations   
   >required in England and Wales with birth dates tending only to be   
   >recorded in non-conformist registers.   
      
   I've seen baptism that were several years after birth.   
      
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