FAO Dothawkes 31

[sandyRoe]

I know you're interested in family research. Do you know if it's possible to see Workhouse records from the late 19th Cen?

[dothawkes31]

admission records should have been deposited at the relevent CRO probably during the mid/late 1900s and so that means they may not be complete or in good condition, as for what you can expect to find, there was a set amount of info, like name, township, age, marital status , occupation, also date of admission and whether they were sick or mentally ill. there are always the census pages that list inmates, most workhouses kept men and women seperate and children stayed with the mother but could also have been a[pprenticed out by the overseers, it depends on the era.

[sandyRoe]

Thank you for the prompt reply.
I think my grandfather was born in a local workhouse. The records give the mothers name but no mention of the father.

[dothawkes31]

Whether the books will have been indexed to make searching easier is another question to ask the CRO, most would be to avoid the regsiters being ordered up to the search room and there may well be an index that contains the main details of each person, this does vary and you need to check with the CRO and ask these questions.
There were other sources created by the overseers of the poor and the board of guardians that would inclide examinations of those being admitted and they can be quite harrowing and also in modern terms very cruel, but poverty was seen as a crime and the blame was put firmly at the door of the paupers. That dates back to before the Poor Law reform when the poor rate was drawn from the better off in a town and the paying out of it to the poor was closely monitored and everything was done to try not to pay any out at all.

[dothawkes31]

ahhh so this will have been the 1900s, when the workhouse would also have been the hospital and she probably was there for the birth rather than an inmate.

[craft1948]

One of my ancestors was born in York Union Workhouse in 1901.............the father's details were just left blank.

[sandyRoe]

It was a bit earlier. In 1882.

[dothawkes31]

which workhouse was it sandy, might be able to track down ant extant records.

[sandyRoe]

Downpatrick Workhouse. His name was Joseph Savage. DOB 29-8-1882

[dothawkes31]

The mormons have the records for the latter 1900s, I gess they've filmed them.

[dothawkes31]

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

Try searching there and see what you find

[sandyRoe]

OK thank you, Dot

[dothawkes31]

sorry from mid 1800s to early 1900s!!!

[dothawkes31]

here you go
http://www.familysear...C++etc.&columns=*,0,0

[craft1948]

Please don't mention Savage's........not after the trouble I'm having with Ann Savage (Dot knows about this)

[dothawkes31]

So the actual registers are in the PRO in Belfast, but you can look at the film version the LDS have done by visiting your nearest family history centre, look up the LDS Church in the phonebook and probably you would need to order a copy of the microfilm into your local centre, it only costs a small amount and you get to keep it there for a month or so, free to visit the centres too.
Alternatively, you could email the PRO in Belfast and ask for an estimate to check the registers and ask them whether it is surname indexed.

[dothawkes31]

yes I clicked with that one!

[dothawkes31]

actally craft these savages are from Belfast too, like your Ann.

[dothawkes31]

http://www.proni.gov...._poor_law_records.pdf