Durham Poor Law: Difference between revisions

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<br>To determine records availability for each poorlaw, search the Family History Library Catalog under the name of the county (Durham), and then under the name of the poorlaw union, i.e. Darlington, then under the term[s] "poorlaw" or "poorhouses".<br>
<br>To determine records availability for each poorlaw, search the Family History Library Catalog under the name of the county (Durham), and then under the name of the poorlaw union, i.e. Darlington, then under the term[s] "poorlaw" or "poorhouses".<br>
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Online Transcriptions of Post-1834 Poorlaw Records
Here are workhouse inmates as found in the 1881 census:
[http://linux02.lib.cam.ac.uk/earlscolne/poor/index.htm South Shields]
[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Sunderland/Sunderland1881.shtml Sunderland]
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