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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: RowanR on Monday 19 May 25 14:05 BST (UK)
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I was searching through newspapers on FindmyPast to see if I could find anything on my great grandmother's brothers, instead I found my great grandmother herself bringing a bastardry suit! Checking the dates the child looked likely to be the one I have in my tree as her parents youngest daughter, since she's described as such on the 1881 Census. So I just got the birth entry off the GRO and, yes, illegitimate daughter of my great grandmother. Sadly she died before my great grandparents married in 1884, I wonder if my great grandfather ever knew about her and whether he would have raised her had she lived.
(Bother, I meant to put this in Lighter side)
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Have you checked other newspapers page by page around the same date period that may cover the case in more detail or checked the relevant County / Local Archive Catalogues for these type of cases?
Not all search results display regarding newspaper searches, due to OCR scan failings.
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Not yet, give me a few days, lol
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It was quite common for grandparents to pass off an illegitimate grandchild as a "late arrival".