Thanks Adrian! Ooh, maybe I shall find something after all. I shall keep digging anyway and let you know if I find anything. The person I am interested in was born 1941. A huge thank you to you and Ruth. :) Rebecca On 30 October 2014 10:27, Adrian Bruce via <cheshire@rootsweb.com> wrote: > How interesting - I realise now that I was also far too pessimistic > about the possibilities and completely missed the possibilities of > bastardy orders. D'uh. Sorry about that. > > I think that I mislead myself by thinking of Maintenance Orders only in > the context of divorced or separated couples. But orders have been made > and documented for illegitimate children for centuries. > > I've seen such orders in the files of Lancashire Record Office. But I > have a vague idea that I have read that survival rates of such orders in > Cheshire is not good. Anyone care to comment on that? (especially about > the 1850s and 1860s?) > > Adrian > > On 29/10/2014 18:38, Ruth Genda via wrote: > > ... documented court case resulting from a Bastardy Application brought > by his mother. The programme mentioned the law behind it - the Bastardy > Bill of 1920. ... I thought it might be worth mentioning as I got it very > wrong in my earlier reply. > > ... > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >