LIST 25 - BAPTISMS - HEBREW

 
 
There was one very strange discovery in the "New South Wales Pioneer Index : 
1788-1888" database and that was a listing of eleven 'baptisms' for the Hebrew 
denomination. There is no such thing as baptism in the Jewish religion so 
just what these records refer to is a mystery. Unfortunately the relevant 
'church' register from which they were recorded has not been located on 
the National Libraries microfilms, so information such as the actual date of 
the 'ceremony' and the person who performed it has not been found.
 
The information recorded for each child is exactly as described for the pre 
1826 presentation of St Phillips Sydney in List 3.
 
The list is presented in reference number order.
 
The eleven 'ceremonies' were all recorded in Sydney.
 
Contact with the Australian Jewish Historical Society has helped to clarify 
the situation. The ceremonies being recorded were circumcisions for boys and 
namings for girls. For administrative and bureaucratic 'efficiency' the 
colonial authorities were all lumped with the Christian baptisms.
 
The Society was able to provide some dates for five of the ceremonies.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry in the 
original source document. 
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "HEBR" on List 1. To locate 
an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name would be 
made on List 1 from which the date of baptism would be retrieved, secondly using 
the appropriate date, the baptism would be located on this list and finally 
an alphabetical search on the name would be made on the baptismal date if 
there should be more than one entry for that date. 

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