Who Was the Daddy? Snippet 2: Baptism Records

Garrould Oldren (1799-1883) baptism in Wissett, Suffolk on 23 December 1799.jpg

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In the years before Civil Registration of births (England and Wales, 1837; Scotland, 1855; Ireland, 1864), and sometimes afterwards, some unwed mothers were willing to confess the name of their baby’s father to the vicar of the parish at the time when the child was baptised. This might have been days, weeks, months or even years after the child was born. On other occasions, the vicar might himself have added the name of the suspected father to the record of baptism if it was known to him. Search for parish records of baptism at any of the main commercial genealogy sites.

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