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Michele

Michele Report 21 Jun 2011 20:24

How and where can i find out about someone who was in the Workhouse,
will i be able to find their files or papers ?

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 21 Jun 2011 21:44

hi .you will have to go to the local records office(local to where the workhouse was,
they may still keep records,i did it for my family in liverpool,but because i live in wales ,i had a researcher from the records office do the search for me.x :-D

Researching:
price,lambert,goodlass,mcdonald

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 21 Jun 2011 22:06

Have you tried googling the workhouse to see if by chance there is anything on line.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 21 Jun 2011 22:12

If you go to the workhouses site at www.workhouses.org and put the name of the town where the workhouse was into the search box it will give you information about that particular workhouse. If you scroll down to the bottom of the information it usually tells you where any surviving records for that particular place are kept and also lists some of the records that do still exist.

Kath. x

Treehunter

Treehunter Report 21 Jun 2011 22:15

Try this site tells you alot about workhouses

www.workhouses.org.uk

Hazelx

Researching:
Farran, Gurr, Hills, Parker, Priddy, Davies, Pearce, Dixon, White, Dolley, Suckling, Hyde, Hammond, Wootten, Undershell,Tremewen and many more

Treehunter

Treehunter Report 21 Jun 2011 22:17

Sorry Kath i must have been typing it out while your went on

Hazelx

Researching:
Farran, Gurr, Hills, Parker, Priddy, Davies, Pearce, Dixon, White, Dolley, Suckling, Hyde, Hammond, Wootten, Undershell,Tremewen and many more