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The column "Change of Circumstance" often contains information such an illegitimate birth. They generally survive best for rural parishes than urban parishes.  
The column "Change of Circumstance" often contains information such an illegitimate birth. They generally survive best for rural parishes than urban parishes.  
Courtesy of the Historic Hospital Admission Records Department (HHARP): [http://hharp.org/ Database of admission records for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow: 1883-1903]. This database also includes admmissions for three London hospitals: The Hospital for Sick children at Great Ormond Street, the Evelina Hospital and the Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease: 1852-1914.


Another valuable collection of records of the parochial boards are the original applications for relief. They give the same type of information as the General Register, and they may survive better.   
Another valuable collection of records of the parochial boards are the original applications for relief. They give the same type of information as the General Register, and they may survive better.   
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