Begotten by Fornication: Illegitimacy records in England and Wales
Helen V. Smith
Content
Welcome
1m 24s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 13s
Introduction
3m 17s
Bastardy Records
6m 31s
English Poor Law
11m 13s
New Poor Law of 1834
5m 52s
The Union Workhouse
5m 11s
Books
9m 30s
Formal Adoptions
2m 43s
Announcements / prizes
2m 9s
Questions / answers
4m 48s
About this webinar
There is a long history of concern of support of children conceived outside marriage as these children were more likely to need financial assistance. There were many laws enacted from the 1500s about who was able to claim assistance, how this was provided and the records that needed to be kept.
About the speaker
Helen has been researching her family since 1986 with research in Australia, England, Wales and Ireland. She is the author of Death Certificates and Archaic Medical Terms and Google the Genealogist’s ...
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Comments (1)
That was very good! Unfortunately the County Records offices in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire have very little illegitimacy records for the late 1700's but I will have to investigate "Church court records" mentioned in the Q/A.