Andy I think that BB usually stands for base born, one of the very many ways of describing an illegitimate birth (merrybegot and woebegot are my favourites). Jane Hendry -----Original Message----- From: A Wheatley <andywheatley@btinternet.com> To: hampshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 22 May 2010 9:42 Subject: [HAM] What does 'B.B.' mean? Hi All, I was at the Hants RO yesterday and came across an entry for one of my ncestors Harriet WYETH b.1828 in Dummer and baptised in Buriton. She had a hild out of wedlock, also named Harriet, who was baptised in Buriton on 7th une 1846. No father was noted in the register and in the column marked Trade or Profession' were the letters 'B.B.'. The next entry on the same day and was also for a baptism out of wedlock moral support???) with the same letters entered in the register. Such hildren were openly labelled bastards in those days and my guess would be bastard birth' but I wondered if anyone out there could shed light on this ne. The 'B.B.' did not seem to appear on other baptisms. egards ndy or FREE online parish register transcriptions and other information visit ww.knightroots.co.uk. Please trim ALL messages to a minimum & remove the footer as this is added utomatically at the end of all messages. hanks To subscribe or unsubscribe please send a message to hampshire-request@rootsweb.com ith the appropriate subject header.Thanks ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message