Brenda paternoster wrote:
but best of all from the family history point of view was receiving the
copy of the Bastardy Order relating to my gt gt grandfather (and his
parents) on what would have been his 180th...
Ooh, Brenda, that sounds interesting!! What on earth is the Bastardy
Order???
Carolyn
A bastardy Order is the equivalent of a modern child maintenance order.
Back in the late 18th /early 19th century in England under the old poor
laws everything relating to what we would now call Social Services
revolved around the parish, each parish being responsible for its own
poor.
In a message dated 7/5/2004 9:37:25 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
but now having found the proof that John Bowles was not
his biological father I had to chop off the longest branch of the tree,
and now I'm looking for my Roots!
Good one, Brenda!
It is interesting to me
Hi Esther,
one of the joys of Family history is not just tracing dates, but having
information about the person. There is something rather special about
visiting a place you know someone in your ancestry spent a great deal of
time, or knowledge about the occupation from which they made their
On Jul 5, 2004, at 10:06 AM, Esther Perry wrote:
I have come to the conclusion that 'genealogy' can mean anything you
want it
too, and I really don't use the word a whole lot any more. I prefer
'Family
History'. And in the Family's History, both biological and natural
parents
find a place.
As
On 5 Jul 2004, at 18:06, Esther Perry wrote:
I have come to the conclusion that 'genealogy' can mean anything you
want it
too, and I really don't use the word a whole lot any more. I prefer
'Family
History'. And in the Family's History, both biological and natural
parents
find a place.
Of
