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Offline bigjon

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Bastardy Records
« on: Sunday 12 October 08 19:35 BST (UK) »
Can anybody tell me when Bastardy records ended and where can I find them.
Bennett, Tennant, Richards, Price.....Staffordshire
Reid, Brown, Harrison, Saunders, Coetzer........South Africa and Scotland.

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Re: Bastardy Records
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 12 October 08 21:09 BST (UK) »
We found some in the records office at Lewes. Their address is...
East Sussex Records Office
The Maltings
Castle Precinct
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1YT
Tel (01273) 42349

They were very helpful.
Good luck.
John...Sydney
O'Halloran, O'Brien - Limerick. Ireland
Dower - Co.Waterford. Ireland
Dodd - Co.Kildare. Ireland
Cotter - Co.Cork. Ireland
French, Sussex. U.K.
Pinning (Penning) - Lincolnshire. U.K.
Heath - Devon. U.K.
Bennett- Staffordshire. U.K.
Dodge - Kent. U.K
Coffey - Co.Cork, Ireland.
Connolly- Co. Dublin, Ireland
Walton - Co. Durham U.K.
Stoker - Co. Durham. U.K.
Henderson - Co. Durham U.K

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Re: Bastardy Records
« Reply #2 on: Monday 13 October 08 00:16 BST (UK) »
I seem to remember that Nottingham Archive has some card index to do with Bastardy records, it might be worth contacting them.

Copperbeech5
Hutchinson - Nottingham.
Rowland - Nottingham.
Parkin - Co Durham/Nottingham.
Gardiner/Gardner/Gardener - Co Durham.
Drake - Derbyshire/Lincolnshire/Sussex/London?
Leighton - Derbyshire.

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Re: Bastardy Records
« Reply #3 on: Monday 13 October 08 00:58 BST (UK) »
Bigjon,

Go to www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/ and type in Bastardy Files. I feel you will get what you want at least the reference numbers etc.
John...Sydney
O'Halloran, O'Brien - Limerick. Ireland
Dower - Co.Waterford. Ireland
Dodd - Co.Kildare. Ireland
Cotter - Co.Cork. Ireland
French, Sussex. U.K.
Pinning (Penning) - Lincolnshire. U.K.
Heath - Devon. U.K.
Bennett- Staffordshire. U.K.
Dodge - Kent. U.K
Coffey - Co.Cork, Ireland.
Connolly- Co. Dublin, Ireland
Walton - Co. Durham U.K.
Stoker - Co. Durham. U.K.
Henderson - Co. Durham U.K

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Re: Bastardy Records
« Reply #4 on: Monday 13 October 08 07:26 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the help guys- will do what you suggest.

....John
Bennett, Tennant, Richards, Price.....Staffordshire
Reid, Brown, Harrison, Saunders, Coetzer........South Africa and Scotland.

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Re: Bastardy Records
« Reply #5 on: Monday 13 October 08 13:09 BST (UK) »
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Re: Bastardy Records
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 14 October 08 20:43 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Can confirm what copperbeech5 has already said - Notts archives has indexes with maintenance order, etc.
Good luck.
Paulene :)
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