Today is My Day!

[Erato]

Funny how those desperation moves sometimes work out.  I had a good week too.  I got so frustrated trying to track my Logan ancestors in Outagamie Co., Wisconsin that I started messing around in neighboring Waupaca Co.  And bingo I found great uncle Thomas one who connected me to many other Logansand a lot of Civil War history.  It was a major Logan breakthrough.

[Jane Eden]

Hi Jill

I am going to the archives after work tonight so hopefully I may have even more paperwork for you tonight. We must sort that husband of yours out! There again if both of you were obsessed with family trees nothing would get done in your household. Maybe its a good thing and he can just do everything else!

Jane

[JillJ]

Erato,

Good for you!  I'm delighted to hear somebody else is having a good week!

Jane,

You are suffering under some sort of illusion!  What makes you think anything gets done in this household by my husband?  If you want to take him and sort him out please feel free - I have failed miserably!

With regard to the Archives visit - great!  I love paperwork!  The only other suggestion is one proposed by Falkyryn on another thread - court records to see if any maintenance orders were applied for.  Don't know if the Archives will have this sort of information though.  I leave it all in your very capable hands!

Thanks again.

Jill

[Jane Eden]

Jill

The Bastardy orders are court records. I looked through all the ones for 1847 for Nottingham and the rest of the county. Nothing .

I've got next week off so I will spend more time there and see what I can find.

Jane

[JillJ]

Hi Jane,

You live and learn!  I thought bastardy orders were kept by the parish!  This is obviously a subject I need to take tuition on!

I really do appreciate all the time and effort you are putting into this for me - I hope it isn't to the detriment of your own work!

Thanks again.

Jill

[Jane Eden]

They were split into sections eg Nottm, Southwell, Newark, then by year, then name of woman, court date (4 times a year for the county), operative date presumably when child born, I suppose it must have said male or female child, how much a week (often about 2/6d in 1847), who the order was made against ie the alleged father. (This is from memory). It has all been indexed at Nottingham which must have taken a long time but it makes looking it up very easy indeed. It is either in the card index or presented in 2 very user friendly books.

Jane

[Nessie]

Jill, thanks for the suggestion to 'google' a name. I follow you and have also had success in tracing a missing branch of my tree.
Isn't it a great feeling? gives you hope to push on finding other elusive ancestors.

[JillJ]

Hi Jane,

I'm pleased to hear it isn't the laborious task I thought it might be!  Let's just hope Mary 'had a go'!   

Jill

[JillJ]

I follow you and have also had success in tracing a missing branch of my tree.

Hey!  That's great Nessie!   Hope you get as much information as I have.

Jill