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is there a official site for poor houses

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Debra

Debra Report 21 Aug 2007 23:51

my family came from ireland in the 1847 ish and lived in poorhouse yard barnard castle durham would there be records for this thanks deb

Trish Devon

Trish Devon Report 21 Aug 2007 23:58

Try googling, lots of info comes up. Hope this helps. Trish xx

Helen in Kent

Helen in Kent Report 22 Aug 2007 00:13

Don't know about that specific home but there are lots of poorhouses with info on the web, do google or whatever because you may well be successful.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 22 Aug 2007 01:38

Try the workhouses site:- www.workhouses.org and put Barnard Castle into the search box on there. Kath. x