In message <e3edbe5d0602280146l44520b8bm@mail.gmail.com>, hugh <winterscollection@gmail.com> writes >On 27/02/06, Jim Bundy <jbundy48@comcast.net> wrote: >> > >My gggrandmother gave birth to a son, but there was no father on the >certificate. I was told there are some session records which might help with >the fathers name. Do you know about them> After 1837, there would be no Overseers' Accounts to find a reference in. The best bet is to search the Magistrates' Court records (Petty Sessions), which are usually well reported in the local newspaper at the place of birth. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society