Help please! Where possibly would a unmarried mother in 1917 from Stevenage go to have her baby, where would i find the records of ? Many thanks Chris

Hi I don't know about 1917 , but my gr grandfather was born in the 1860s ,his mother married the father later on but she had him in a place called Mill Lane St Albans I did not know this till I went looking for my gr grandparents wedding cert , and with out the lady from St Albans registrar office help I would of never found them has the names on st Catharine's had been miss spelt If you can find the birth cert it should tell you where the baby was born and give you some info on where to look , Good Luck Cassy ----- Original Message ----- From: <CEGaules62@aol.com> To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 7:36 AM Subject: [HRT] RE: UNMARRIED MOTHERS > Help please! > Where possibly would a unmarried mother in 1917 from Stevenage go to > have > her baby, where would i find the records of ? > Many thanks > Chris > > > ==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== > To POST a message to this list use the address: > > eng-hertfordshire-l@rootsweb.com > > 2) To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to: > > ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in mail mode i.e. > receiving > the messages individually or want them individually) or > > ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in digest mode i.e. > receiving a digest of multiple messages or want this mode) > > In the BODY of the message (not the subject line) type the word subscribe > or unsubscribe. > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 21/04/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 21/04/2005

----- Original Message ----- From: <CEGaules62@aol.com> To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 7:36 AM Subject: [HRT] RE: UNMARRIED MOTHERS > Help please! > Where possibly would a unmarried mother in 1917 from Stevenage go to > have > her baby, where would i find the records of ? > Many thanks > Chris > You should consider the time, this was late in the first world war. There may have been many unmarried or single mothers at that time due to the slaughter in France. We have at least two instances of ancestors who "died in the war" and we have found that one of them did not. My great aunt had a baby about that time; I think it was one of the reasons that they moved from Suffolk. Others may have sent the girl off to a relative with a covering story about her 'husband' for the 'aunt' or whatever relative to tell her neighbours. Also check the various websites on workhouses, they should be able to inform you of the nearest one and whether it was still functioning then. Philip Maddocks