Home› Welcome to the FamilySearch Community!› FamilySearch Help› Search

baptismal record

Connie Stockwell Johnson
Connie Stockwell Johnson ✭
March 17, 2022 edited March 18, 2022 in Search

I find a baptismal record in Prussia, Germany in 1834 in Lutheran Baptismal records, for one of my ancestors. All of the records on the page show both a mother's name and a father's name. My ancestor shows only a mother's name. Does this mean the child was born out-of-wedlock, or did they just somehow forget the father's name?

0

Best Answer

  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 17, 2022 Answer ✓

    I've encountered marriage records where they forgot to write down the bride's name, so nothing is impossible, but yes, a child recorded with only a mother is illegitimate.

    0
Clear
No Groups Found

Categories

  • 28.5K All Categories
  • 22.9K FamilySearch Help
  • 113 Get Involved
  • 2.6K General Questions
  • 423 FamilySearch Center
  • 433 FamilySearch Account
  • 4.1K Family Tree
  • 3.2K Search
  • 4.5K Indexing
  • 592 Memories
  • 6.1K Temple
  • 308 Other Languages
  • 34 Community News
  • 6.4K Suggest an Idea
  • Groups