How do I find out if Ive been baptized?

Answer 1

I assume that you wish you know if you have been baptised as an infant, before you could remember such an occasion. In the first instance, you need to ask your parents - or other family who might have acted as godparents. If your parents or family are not around, then there is the church itself. There are no central records of baptism but churches keep their own records. In the UK, for instance, the Church of England keeps its own records. A previous church of mine had records of all baptisms, weddings and funerals going back nearly five hundred years. If you know the area in which you grew up, and you know where the local church or churches are, you can write to their ministers (their names and addresses are usually posted on the Church noticeboard outside the church) and ask them to do a search for you. Give them as much detail as possible including your name, your parents' names and the approximate tiome you might have been baptised (for instance, you would probably remember after the age of 4, so you can narrow it down to at most three years). There might be a small search fee, which is understandable, but usually, if there was a baptism they would most likely find it. If you are not baptised, or the search is not fruitful, and you would like to have been baptised, you can always be baptised 'again'. Ask your local minister about adult baptism, or confirmation, and he or she will give you details of what's involved.