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poor law index
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Unknown | Report | 5 Apr 2006 13:57 |
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The website where you got the ref should explain what it means. Perhaps your relatives were in receipt of poor relief, or placed in the workhouse, or something of that sort. nell |
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Sharon | Report | 5 Apr 2006 13:44 |
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i found the ref on a website www.hawkesburyhistory.co.uk regarding my smith ancestors |
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Phoenix | Report | 5 Apr 2006 13:39 |
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Lists of removal orders, settlement certificates, SETTLEMENT EXAMINATIONS (wonderful things!), bastardy bonds etc. These name people, because they are poor or likely to become so, and provide a bit of biographical details. Usually the best information is between about 1750 and 1834, when the system changed. What is really useful is that they will often show where someone is from, as opposed to where they are living, so you can look in a different place for their birth. Family history and local history societies often produce indexes. They are well worth looking at, and better still to get hold of the original document, particularly for settlement examinations. |
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Unknown | Report | 5 Apr 2006 13:36 |
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Where have you found a reference to it? nell |
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Sharon | Report | 5 Apr 2006 13:09 |
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what does this mean??? |
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