birth cert for 1817 where would i find

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Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 143 Send Message	Carole	Report	20 Aug 2005 21:22
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 143 Send Message	samual lee my gggrandfather born woking in 1817 married jane waterer in 1837 on the cert there was no fathers name have looked on the IGI and may have found his birth with his mother Jane Lee put down as parents no father an unmarried mother where would i look now as this Lee line seems to be going no where
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 2 839 Send Message	The Ego	Report	20 Aug 2005 21:25
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 2 839 Send Message	no birth certs pre 1837
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28 338 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	20 Aug 2005 21:25
	There weren't birth certificates in 1817. Registration started in 1837. You will have to look in parish registers for a baptism record, but if he was illegitimate, then you could look to see if there was a bastardy bond naming his father. It is always possible that the father was named on the baptism record, but not likely. Kath. x
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 4 011 Send Message	Kate	Report	20 Aug 2005 23:28
	Presumably the IGI entry will tell you where to find the parish record of his baptism, but if no father's name is given in the IGI it is probable that the father's name isn't in the parish register either. It would be worth checking, though. Kate.