Query on Baptism records (General)

by Tanith, Sunday, October 14, 2007, 09:22 (6252 days ago)

Hi there,
While trawling through the birth records for Vaughan in Ruardean, I have found at least two records which state on the "Memoranda" section that the child was "base born" - Does anyone know what this means?

Thanks
Tanith

Query on Baptism records - base born

by slowhands @, proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Sunday, October 14, 2007, 09:45 (6252 days ago) @ Tanith

A base-born individual was an illegitimate child; born out of wedlock, etc

Query on Baptism records - base born

by Tanith, Sunday, October 14, 2007, 10:31 (6252 days ago) @ slowhands

Thank you slowhands for clarifying that for me.

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