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Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,287 Send Message	Lynda Carol	Report	14 Sep 2007 16:30
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,287 Send Message	Thanks Dawn will try that
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 42 Send Message	Lingojingo	Report	14 Sep 2007 16:22
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 42 Send Message	Hi Lynda you might get them on a parish register CD, I found the ones for Faringdon, Berks on a Berkshire P reg CD that i bought for £17 from the family history society. I got it for other reasons, but found two of my lot as subjects of bastardy orders on there! It helped me move back a bit more with that section of my tree. Dawn
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,287 Send Message	Lynda Carol	Report	14 Sep 2007 16:14
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,287 Send Message	Sam, sorry for late reply-but many thanks
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 6,292 Send Message	Sam	Report	14 Sep 2007 15:37
	Hi Lynda, No they are not online. A2A has some but not Staffordshire unfortunately. They will be held at Staffordshire Records Office. Sam x
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,287 Send Message	Lynda Carol	Report	14 Sep 2007 14:24
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,287 Send Message	Does anybody know where I can find the Bastardy Orders for Staffordshire, are they, by chance, online?