Bastardy Bonds and imprisonment

[eeyores4me]

hope this is the right place to post this

a man who joined up in 1892 has on his record in 1896 he was in arrears of bastardy bonds so was imprisoned for 1 month a couple of times ,where would he have been held,would it be in the army somewhere or in a prison ? thanks
Also is there anywhere to see bastardy records thanks.

[KGarrad]

Bastardy Bonds are normally held at the relevant Record Office.

[Daisypetal]

Hi,

I've found information about Bastardy Bonds here,

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

just put Bastardy + (name of person) in the search box and you might get a result that will tell you where the record is held.


Regards,
Daisy

[eeyores4me]

thanks very much appreciated