« Reply #54 on: Tuesday 28 February 23 14:41 GMT (UK) »
My dad was born in December 1929. There is no father's name on the birth certificate so he was given his mother's surname.
I know his mother received a monthly postal order that stopped when he was 16 so I think there was a good chance that it there will be a bastardy bond in the record offices.
I recently made an enquiry at the records office and was told if they search and find something, they have to go before a JOP to ask if it can be released to me. They said the JOP usually say no. Which means waiting another 8 years before it is released into the public domain!
Not sure what to do next.
Was his birth registered in Dec 1929 or early 1930, due to the 6 week timeframe allowed? I know it may sound irrelevant but I always find it interesting how births often appear in the quarter following the birth due to the 6 weeks allowed.
DNA testing may help you in finding your dad's unknown father.
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LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain
