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I have came across a newspaper article about a woman who matches by name, age and place to my great grandmother. It concerns an 'affiliation summons' whereby she took a man to the police court because she alleged he was the father of her child (there is a family rumour of child in the past/census info matches etc so it seems this could well be her reported about). It gives the address and occupation details of the man she alleged was the father but nothing other than the full name of the woman who summoned him to the court.

I'm just wondering if there is anyway I can look into this further, would there be court records or some type of document about it. It was at Cardiff Police Court in 1900. Only I would really like to confirm things or at least look into it more to see if my suspicions about it all are possible or way off.

If anyone has any experience with this type of thing or knows where's best to start I'd love to know! Or sadly perhaps records were not kept but things reported locally in papers because of the scandal! Any advice welcome. Thank you

Hi everyone,

This may be quite obvious but I haven't had it come up before so wanted to check see if what I assumed was right.

On a birth certificate I have the Mother's current surname along with "late" and "formerly" surnames.

Am I right to assume the "formerly" relates to original surname and the "late" is one that is from either divorce or widowed?

Many thanks

Hi,
Can anyone tell me anything from the photo's of the uniform below? I'm clueless about it other than the fact the photo was taken around 1919/1920ish.
Thanks

Hi,
Can anyone help me work out what the address says on this census and the occupation highlighted?
Would the occupation be servant/in service?
Any help appreciated. Thank you

Hi,
I've recently found an ancestor with illegitimate children. Margaret Melling b.1821 Preston had 2 children Joseph Melling b. 7/6/1843 and George Melling b. abt 1843 they are on the 1851 census as lodgers in preston but I can't seem to find them in the 1861 any ideas? I don't know her parents names or much else about her really.

Something else I found interesting is that on Joseph's birth certificate the father is named as George Hodgkinson, Joseph clearly knew his parentage too as on his marriage certificate his father is listed as George Melling. I thought this unusual for the time does anyone have any suggestions about it all? Not really something I have any experience or info about.
Thanks