Very possible, Carol. You need to look at a paper local to Barnsley, for the reports from the local Petty Sessions courts. Anne Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ray Forsberg > Sent: 20 March 2012 04:57 > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LIN] Bastardy Cases in the Newspaper > > Hi Anne, > > I wondered whether there was any way I could find this sort of report > in the Barnsley, Yorkshire, newspapers. I have a huge brick wall in > that my gg-grandfather was illegitimate - born in 1857 at the Barnsley > Union Workhouse "father unknown" on the birth certificate. He took > his mother's name. > > Cheers, > > Carol > > On 20 March 2012 14:44, Carol Lylyk <clylyk@telus.net> wrote: > > Thanks Anne.  It doesn't sound like much at todays rates but I guess it > could be > > hard enough for these men to make the payments.  I wonder if there was > any > > follow up to make sure that they paid. > > > > Carol Lylyk > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Anne Cole" <duncalf@one-name.org> > > To: <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 4:05 AM > > Subject: Re: [LIN] Bastardy Cases in the Newspaper > > > > > >> Hello Carol, > >> > >> I can't answer your question about wages, but as you say the awards > were > >> made according to ability to pay. The highest amount that could be paid > was > >> 2s. 6d. In the workhouse minutes, 1s. 6d. is the amount most quoted as > that > >> which someone should pay to support a relative on poor relief. > Therefore it > >> must have been an amount affordable by most. > >> > >>>From 1844 the child had to be supported until it was 13 years of age. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message