On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 18:59:31 +1100, you wrote: >Many years ago, a search of The Nimrod Index revealed a Bastardy record by >Sarah FORWARD spinster against William ALFORD, a labourer, both of Mere in >1816. Also a warrant to arrest father. Ref: WRO/438/50&51. This >information has not been followed up at this time, although a baptism of >Mary FORWARD daughter of Sarah on 7 July 1816 at Mere has been noted on the >IGI. Am I likely to get much more detail from the WRO reference ? > >Thanks in advance, > > >Vicki >Sydney, Australia Hi Vicki Regret I can't help: as far as I know most of the Wiltshire RO holdings have been filmed by the LDS, but there are a couple of members on the Wiltshire-EMI List who are quite knowledgeable regarding the Wiltshire Archives: if they don't know I expect they will know someone who can.: the subscribe address for the Wiltshire list is: WILTSHIRE-EMI-L-request@rootsweb.com Regards Paul Portland