Hello Valerie There are no separate illegitimate records - in 1849, a birth would be registered in the normal GRO returns and the baptism within the normal parish registers - sometimes the incumbent may put a special note on the baptism entry such a illegitimate or base born or of course, only a mothers name being shown is an obvious clue. HTH Linda & Tony

Good Day, If all births were done "perfectly" this old planet would hardly be populated! Cheers, Edna - (;-))ttawa

Hi In the case of my grgrandmother the birth was registered as if her parents were marrried, they didn't actually marry until she was six years old! I thought, maybe wrongly that the illegimate children were registered. Anyway many thanks Take care Val Knightroots@aol.com wrote: Hello Valerie There are no separate illegitimate records - in 1849, a birth would be registered in the normal GRO returns and the baptism within the normal parish registers - sometimes the incumbent may put a special note on the baptism entry such a illegitimate or base born or of course, only a mothers name being shown is an obvious clue. HTH Linda & Tony ==== ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT Mailing List ==== Don't go barking up the wrong tree be like a good chef and ALWAYS check your SOURCES ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --------------------------------- To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre.