Esaias (Izak) Néel, SV1b4 - Birthdate Source?

Sharon I once took photos at the Pretoria Archives from the original christenings. What I did notice is that in the early days the birth date was not given but the ages of the children. From one household would be a few children, aged from 1 month to 18 years.

I think we discussed this once and decided to rather use the christening date and say born before that date. It is a difficult situation.

I would rather have it we don't give a birth date at all, unless we have an age from a source to give a ca d.o.b.

Any other suggestions?

Stay well.

J

Judi, since Geni has given us the 'before' option, it makes sense to use that if we only have a christening date. If there is a primary document showing the age in years of the child (which suggests they were christened late) - then that should be used in preference.
Leaving the field empty when we have primary documentation to provide a 'before' range is a very unhistorical treatment of data.

Name Isia Nel
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 27 May 1691
Event Place Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Father's Name Willem Nel
Mother's Name Jannietie
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRLS-GDD

Thanks Marie - the baptism date we have, but a whole lot of these profiles have birth dates as well - They're specific enough to suggest that there might be primary sources for them somewhere.

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