Private Baptism for illegitimate child?

[MJW]

Re. tracking down an illegitimate birth if you only know the mother's name and approximate date and place of birth.

On LancashireBMD website, for example you can search for births entering surname and mother's maiden name.  Searching for Lewis (as surname & maiden name) in 1908 births, 3 names come up in Cheetham, Blackpool & Wigan. 

Note that coverage is not complete for all districts of Lancashire (check the "coverage" page) & not all entries have the Mother's maiden name indexed but it might be of some use.

Malcolm

[Plastique]

I now have a copy of the birth certificate for Roland Brian Lewis, born 3rd May 1908, but it doesn't really give any more information than the baptism record. Unfortunate also that the mother's age is not recorded, unlike birth certificates for some other countries. Thanks for the tip about the LancashireBDM web site, but this is really a needle in a haystack situation!