Nicholas asked the question, *Is any anywhere of academic research on illegitimacy in C18-19s ?* A classic text is Lawrence Stone's *The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800* first published in 1977 and still in print (my copy by Penguin in 1990). Also it's available on Kindle. The blurb on the back cover reads, *An analysis of the sexual mores of our ancestors which is often surprising, sometimes diverting, always thought-provokling.* Research based, it gets mixed reviews on Amazon however. But for me it's a great book for dipping into at times like this and is relevant to any county. It contains graphs which people may be interested to see: one is of Illegitimacy Rates and one of Prenuptial Conception Rates between 1600 and 1800. I know that attachments won't appear on Rootsweb. So I've taken the liberty of sending them to everyone named above taken from the lengthy correspondence on the Forum. If you're not one of those and would like copies please let me know. Ruth