u/PuckGoodfellow

Seeking resource for christening on a US Naval base

Hello! I'm having a bit of an unexpected issue getting a christening record that was performed on a US Naval base.

My father was baptized at St. Andrew's chapel at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD in 1952. I sent a request to the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA. They replied via email that they only have Catholic records. My dad's christening was Episcopal and the reply said they didn't know who kept those records for the military.

The priest who performed the ceremony was Rev. Dr. J. Luther Neff. He's from Baltimore. I've been recommended to reach out to his parish to see if they have the records. I'm going to do that. I'd like to cast a wider net, if possible. Are there any other resources I should be reaching out to? I'm not sure if there are additional Military archives I should be looking into or any public christening/baptism records.

E: I don't have my dad's birth cert. I'm currently NC, but I'll reach out if I can't make progress on my own. I was hoping to use the baptism record in place of his birth cert. I have a certified copy of my parents' marriage cert that lists my grandparents as my dad's parents. I'm not sure if that's "enough."

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u/PuckGoodfellow — 4 days ago