Hi Bob Try the local archives , if Birmingham was the area and no luck there try the other local ones , that are near , There has to be copies of them somewhere , if that proves hopeless try the PRO Office at London But if you have been unable to get anything from where he lived , could if have been a private agreement , another thing is church records but these again would have been in the local Archives to where he was living Cheers Cassy Assistant Admin Black Country Potteries, and Wolverhampton Lists ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Holmes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 2:29 PM Subject: [Black Country] bastardy orders > Hallo All, does anyone know whether Bastardy Orders are available for > the West Midlands. A researcher at B'ham library wrote several times to > a certain West Midlands authority on my behalf but never received a > reply for whatever reason > > regards, Bob Holmes ( chasing a John Thomas Holden > > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have some bastardy, poor law, and settlement documents for the Parish of Old Swinford, also lists some people from the Kingswinford and surrounding area, who are you looking for Robert? --- On Tue, 8/12/09, cassy <[email protected]> wrote: From: cassy <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Black Country] bastardy orders To: "Robert Holmes" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 8 December, 2009, 15:27 Hi Bob Try  the local archives , if Birmingham  was the area and  no luck there try  the other local  ones , that are near , There has to  be  copies of them somewhere , if that proves hopeless try the PRO  Office  at London But if you have been unable to  get anything from where he lived , could if have been a private agreement , another thing is church records  but these again would have  been in the local  Archives  to where he was living Cheers Cassy Assistant Admin Black Country Potteries, and Wolverhampton  Lists ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Holmes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 2:29 PM Subject: [Black Country] bastardy orders > Hallo All, does anyone know whether Bastardy Orders are available for > the West Midlands. A researcher at B'ham library wrote several  times to > a certain West Midlands authority on my behalf  but never received a > reply for whatever reason > > regards, Bob Holmes ( chasing a John Thomas Holden > > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------------- The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message