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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Stirlingshire => Topic started by: ScottishAncestry on Wednesday 17 October 18 18:56 BST (UK)
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Hi,
We have created an index to paternity cases heard at the Falkirk Sheriff Court (1841-1918). You can find out more about our indexing project here (https://www.scottishindexes.com/learningcourt.aspx).
Our index has been created by a wonderful volunteer so the index is free to access and gives a lot of detail.
These are cases where the father of an illegitimate child was forced to pay 'maintenance' for the child. I like to search for male ancestors and see how many illegitimate children they had!
Hope these records help someone.
Emma
www.scottishindexes.com