Base Son in Parish records (General)

by mrsbruso , Monday, December 03, 2012, 12:33 (4448 days ago) @ beav2012

It means that the child was illegitimate. Base child is the term most commonly used, but sometimes the term "natural child" is also used.

In these days, "natural child" tends to mean something else, e.g. not adopted, but in older records it is synonymous with "base".

It is also not uncommon to see "single woman" entered into the mother's occupation column.

The father's surname is sometimes used as a middle name, and from time to time there will be a notation of whom the father is included in the record.