I recently had the need to see the contents of a bastardy order before the 100 years were up. The folks in Bham Central Reference library were very helpful suggesting that the courts may allow this if the request was made by their researchers - the court it seems do not like just anybody looking at the other records contained in the order book whilst searching for your own. I paid a very small sum to Bham Central Library who conducted the request and search for me and came up with the information I wanted. I now know who my grandfather was. Sadly it was a Charles Brown. Not a very easy name to trace. Anyway the information you get may be better than mine. Regards Peter Barton Lincoln, England. ----- Original Message ---- From: George Haden <georgehaden@mac.com> To: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 29 November, 2006 4:38:59 PM Subject: Re: [B'ham] birth certificate information Look in Pickards Pink Pages for a List of bastardly orders On Nov 29, 2006, at 6:51 AM, JANE DYER wrote: > I have a similar problem in that my great grandfather was > illegitemate. Someone suggested looking up the bastardy orders > which I expect are held in Birmingham Central Library. > J > > Ken Poole <kpoole01@rochester.rr.com> wrote: > Thanks Pete, thats what I have except there is no father listed > (illegitimate birth) so it hard to triangulate - father - marriage - > mother, > I must have five likely candidates who could be the mother and > without a > birthdate or something factual to help identify > her it becomes an educated guess, a genealogist nightmare. > Ken > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pete Hulme" > > To: > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:48 AM > Subject: Re: [B'ham] birth certificate information > > >> Hi Ken, >> The full certificates that I have give the date of birth, the >> address of the birth, name of the baby and the name and maiden >> name of >> the mother. I've never seen one that gave the mother's age, that's on >> marriage certificates. >> >> Cheers, >> Pete >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Hi Listers >> Is it common that mother's on birth certificates from the 1890's are >> only identified by their name >> but not address or birthdate? or do I have a shortened format. >> Otherwise I have a name shared by >> many others at that time. >> Cheers >> Ken >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________ >> Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: >> http://www.bham.de/ >> >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM- > admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WARKS- > BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM- > admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WARKS- > BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _____________________________________________ Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html