Time Interval Between Birth and Baptism/Christening Events

[JasonByrne]

I would like to identify unusual time intervals between the birth and baptism/christening dates for people in my database.

By using the Problem Options screen I can find those individuals where the interval between death and burial falls outside a pre-determined number of days. Can the interval between birth and baptism/christening be identified in the same way - i.e. Baptised/christened more than X days after birth. Would this be possible please?

For example, I have some early ancestors with incomplete - and slightly odd - birth and baptism dates, depending on which source you look at. One source says my 8x great grandmother was born in 1577 but gives no baptism details; another source has her baptised in 1581, but with no birth date. Was there really a 4 year gap between these two events, or is one date wrong? If so, which one?

To be clear, I’m not asking for advice about the veracity of different external sources, nor the prevailing practices that were observed at various times in the past. I just want RM to flag up these events so I can investigate them further.

[LanestIo]

Historically not every child was baptized or christened right after birth. It depends on the religion, and parent’s preference and access.

[Sanidly]

I ran into something like this while sorting through my great-grandparents’ records—one had a baptism almost two years after birth, which caught my eye. I ended up using it as a chance to make a little family story display, even including a tiny trusou botez personalizat from Lovia, and it made the whole history feel more alive while I dug into the dates.