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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 17 Send Message	Cecilia	Report	12 Oct 2007 07:10
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 17 Send Message	dose anybody know how i would go about obtaining work house records my great grandfather split from his first wish between 1891 and 1901 cenus and although i have found his first wife ( she was put down as a border in 1901) in the 1901 cenus i cannot find my great grandfather or the children so i was wondering if he put the children into a workhouse so what i would like to know is how do i go about obtaining work houses records just so i can tie up some lose endsmany thanx celia
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	12 Oct 2007 07:18
	workhouse residents would be recorded on census as well. I found several of my rellies from both sides on different census records ie 1871 and 1881. If they were in between census and in London workhouses then you may find them at London Metropolitan Archives Shirley
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Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 6,292 Send Message	Sam	Report	12 Oct 2007 08:49
	They should be in the relevant County Records Office. Sam x