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Unknown Report 8 Jan 2005 14:29

People in prison and other institututions - workhouses etc should be indexed as normal. You can also search by institution on the 1901 census. But some places - Broadmoor lunatic asylum for example - just lists its inmates by initial. I knew my gt great uncle was there, and found him by using the village he was born in. nell

Nantwich

Nantwich Report 8 Jan 2005 14:27

Hi Christopher I don't know what year census you are after but the site below is an index to institutions in the 1901, loads of info and some links. http://homepage(.)ntlworld(.)com/jeffery(.)knaggs/Instuts(.)html Sarah

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Christopher Report 8 Jan 2005 14:09

how do i go about checking institutions i.e prisons on the census