« Reply #18 on: Thursday 25 February 16 06:27 GMT (UK) »
Then there also are Poor Law records which might be worth looking at.
That's a good suggestion.
My grandfather who was born in Glasgow in 1888 was illegitimate. He and his mother had a very tough life and were forced to apply for poor relief. I was able to get a copy of the application which did name the father.
Jacquie
Canada: Patterson, Brown, Haidenger/Heidinger, Meyer, Johnston(e), Gorsuch, Kitchin/Kitchen
United States: Patterson, Smith, Brown, Vance, Bower(s), Newberry, Best, Love, Gorsuch
England (Northumberland): Brown, Whitfield, Henderson
Scotland (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fife, East Lothian): Johnston(e), Bell, Galloway, Campbell, Robertson, Williamson, Thomson, Crawford
Germans from Russia: Haidenger/Heidinger, Meyer, Meach, Lorenz
