By Ruth A Symes This article was first published in Discover Your Ancestors Online Periodical in 2025. http://www.discoveryourancestors.co.uk Etching of a baptism by Anker Smith (1759-1819), Wellcome Collection. Like marriages and burials, baptisms were key life events by which our ancestors demarcated their life experience and for which our extended families in the past routinely... Continue Reading →