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Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 6 Send Message	Jennifer	Report	23 Jan 2018 18:43
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 6 Send Message	Hello everyone and anyone Can I access Birmingham workhouse record on here? Or anywhere? Thanks
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 49,637 Send Message	Ann	Report	23 Jan 2018 19:31
	Note: many repositories impose a closure period of up to 100 years for records identifying individuals. Birmingham Archives and Heritage Service, Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2ND. Holdings include: Guardians' minute books (1783-1930); Indoor relief lists (1889-1915); Baptism registers (1864 onwards); Workhouse infirmary (later Dudley Road Hospital) admission and discharge registers (1899 onwards with many gaps and in poor condition); Various other workhouse infirmary records e.g. post mortems, death registers (from early 1900s); Marston Green Cottage Homes registers (1880-1934). Birmingham Archdiocesan Archives, Cathedral House, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6EU. Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows in the Workhouse, Western Road — RC Baptisms (1856-1902).
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 6 Send Message	Jennifer	Report	24 Jan 2018 08:38
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 6 Send Message	Thank you :-D