"Amy C. Skvarka" wrote: > > Hello Everyone! > Does anyone know if Franklin County has a record of children born out of > wedlock? I have heard that some PA counties have a record for children > born out of wedlock. If they know the father, they sometimes made > criminal charges against him and possibly the mother. I think they were > called "The Bastardy and Fornication Files (or records)" If so where > would I obtain a copy? > Thanx! > Amy I know I had one in my family and it was simply written in the regular courthouse records as "this is a bastard child." (This is pre-1906 of course.) I don't know of any special file for bastard children. Curt Sanders ************* ICQ# 10936209 AIM: K3URT http://www.paonline.com/csanders (Personal--genealogy & amateur radio service) http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/adams.htm (Adams Co., PA GENWEB Coordinator)