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Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 518 Send Message	Vanessa	Report	31 Mar 2006 15:19
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 518 Send Message	I just thought i would tell you that i put workhouse york into the search and got a lot of info on the work house in york. Even the list of inmates and staff on the 1881 census. Facinating!
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	31 Mar 2006 15:29
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	You can find stacks of info by looking using the search box on the message boards here, or by googling. nell
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23 508 Send Message	₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&#	Report	31 Mar 2006 15:55
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23 508 Send Message	I searched for 'Union Workhouses' and found masses of info on them, including the Andover Union Workhouse, which I hope is NOT the one my GG Grandmother and GGG Grandmother were in before they were brought into our family to look after the children. There was a huge scandal in the mid 1800's over how the inmates were so badly treated. Happy ending there, GG Grandfather married the daughter after he was widowed, and without that I wouldn't be here. T x