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== History | ''[[Europe]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Channel_Islands_Genealogy|Channel Islands]]'' {{Channel Islands-sidebar}} | ||
== History == | |||
As with many other aspects of social care, the treatment of orphans in Jersey was governed by the attitudes of the local customary law. This held that in cases of need a person should first seek help from their family, then from their Parish, and only thereafter from the States.<br> | As with many other aspects of social care, the treatment of orphans in Jersey was governed by the attitudes of the local customary law. This held that in cases of need a person should first seek help from their family, then from their Parish, and only thereafter from the States.<br> | ||