Hi Linda If you look at Sarah/Elizabeth Forster baptisms in Middleton, in January 1820 and October 1821, there are a couple of choice comments! Hope that helps Ann > On 11 May 2016 1:11 PM, Linda Wright via wrote: > > I am giving a talk to my local history group about illegitimacy. Over the > years I have come across some pithy comments by the vicar in the baptism > records, of course now I have no idea where they were! > > If anyone can share comments that vicars have made it would be great or > anything related to the subject. Sent from my iPad

I saw several baptisms in mid 1700s as "child by chance" . At first, just for a moment, I thought that Mr Chance had been a busy lad! I soon realized that it was the vicars comment for a child to a single mother.. Diane - Western Australia On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Ours via <norfolk@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Linda > > If you look at Sarah/Elizabeth Forster baptisms in Middleton, in January > 1820 and October 1821, there are a couple of choice comments! > > Hope that helps > > Ann > > > > On 11 May 2016 1:11 PM, Linda Wright via wrote: > > > > I am giving a talk to my local history group about illegitimacy. Over the > > years I have come across some pithy comments by the vicar in the baptism > > records, of course now I have no idea where they were! > > > > If anyone can share comments that vicars have made it would be great or > > anything related to the subject. > > Sent from my iPad > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >