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From: Beauregard <>
Subject: Re: Illegitimate Children listed in the CRIMINAL Court Records
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 09:38:32 -0500
In-Reply-To: <6b.dea4d08.2781867a@aol.com>


Hi,

Look in the large criminal record books under the surname of the girl and
guy, if known. IF the state and family brought suit, it WILL be there.
Relatives can often be listed in the records too. An uncle or father might
have posted bail, for example.

Look around the date of birth if you have no surnames. Look for a charge
of 'fornication and bastardry' as the individual listing on each page.
This would have been entered just after the birthdate of the kid, as I
recall.

Paul


At 02:06 AM 1/1/01 EST, you wrote:
> In the past, I've heard people mention something about going
>to the courthouse, and looking in a book where the records were
>kept dealing with illegitimate children. This book was the record
>of where the pregnant un-wed mothers-to-be would go to swear
>the child on the reluctant-to-admit fathers, so that they could get
>child support, etc.



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