Biggles50
This is all very helpful, thank you. I’ve wanted to do DNA for a while but found it a bit daunting. But in the long run it’s likely more helpful than not.
Another possible route is to visit the location in person where electoral rolls are kept for the year before the birth and trawl through the records, it requires the assumption that the Father did live in the local area.
Depending upon where the Father was the rolls will show the other occupants of the house, who you find may need more roll searching.
The rolls for another year either later or earlier can also give additional info on who was in a particular residence. I am thinking choose the right year and you will get the Father, their siblings and parents, then BMD records can find the details.
It is a long shot but maybe a result would occur.
I used this technique in Lancashire Archives where I only had limited info to go on and I eventually found two possibilities.
On the DNA side, do keep an eye on Ancestry DNA price deals, they have just had a low cost deal which went on until the 13th of this month, normally it is £79+shipping but was £54+shipping. They usually have a few deals throughout the year.
