Impossible task, illegitimacy

[the happy granny]

Maybe someone mistook Elham nr Canterbury in Kent for Eltham in south London.
Sue

PS.I watched Daniel Craig..............even better!!

[suey]

I also have an illegitimate in my tree,

Just the one Paul  lucky you, I have four lines now where there is 'no going back' 

Good luck to everyone else with their searching..
Suey 

[Mobo]

 

Sometimes, just sometimes, there is more information given on a baptismal record. Perhaps a priest/vicar could exert some moral pressure in those days. 

I have two such instances, where the birth registration doesn't show a father, but the baptismal records show, one was a case of incest, and the other involved a married employer. 

So look at the baptismal records, you never know. Whatever the outcome, there were usually good reasons for those poor folk keeping their secrets back then.

 

[lambkin]

I have this problem the person who I thought was my grandfather although we never met is not named on my mothers birth certificate (it's blank) . My grandmother was a very religious woman, she was in service, born in Bedfordshire but my mother was born in Coventry (in a Salvation hostel according to my aunt) I contacted the Salvation Army who were not very helpful. I feel as if I have lost one side of my family.

[Grothenwell]

I found out my Mum's "probable" Father, on the National Archives of Scotland website for a search of my Grandmothers name. She took him to court for the equivalent then of Child support. I don't know if there is a similar archive in Ireland as NAS, but it's worth a try.

Good hunting

[Caroline28]

Hi. I also have family born in Armagh workhouse.  One source of information is the public records office in Northern Ireland, they have some records for Armagh workhouse. The next best thing is to try and and find a baptism record. A birth certificate usually doesn't name an illigetimate father but baptism records may say the name of the supposed father.