Pauper Ancestors: A Guide to the Records Created by the Poor Laws in England and Wales
| AUTHOR | Hawkings, T.; Hawkings, David T. |
| PUBLISHER | History Press (03/01/2011) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
The first Poor Law was enacted in 1601, and this system of social security, which was supposed to ensure that those who could not work had food, drink, and a roof over their heads, but which is inextricably linked in the public imagination with the cruelty of the workhouse, was not finally abolished until the creation of the NHS in 1948. Being part of the government bureaucracy, detailed records were kept of everything: rate-payers, collectors of rates, workhouse overseers and staff, and the inmates of workhouses, as well poor people who were helped to move to the North of England to work in industry, those given assisted passage to Australia, and children sent to Canada. David T. Hawkings, one of Britain's leading genealogists, explains here for the first time how to use these records to trace your family history, providing an important, must-have resource for genealogists and family historians who want to make use of this comprehensive repository of information.
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ISBN-13:
9780752456652
ISBN-10:
0752456652
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Unsewn / Adhesive Bound)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
512
Carton Quantity:
8
Product Dimensions:
6.80 x 1.80 x 9.80 inches
Weight:
3.30 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product - Canadian,
Dust Cover,
Price on Product,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
GB
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Reference | Genealogy & Heraldry
Reference | Europe - Great Britain - General
Reference | Legal History
Dewey Decimal:
929.341
Library of Congress Control Number:
2011379720
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The first Poor Law was enacted in 1601, and this system of social security, which was supposed to ensure that those who could not work had food, drink, and a roof over their heads, but which is inextricably linked in the public imagination with the cruelty of the workhouse, was not finally abolished until the creation of the NHS in 1948. Being part of the government bureaucracy, detailed records were kept of everything: rate-payers, collectors of rates, workhouse overseers and staff, and the inmates of workhouses, as well poor people who were helped to move to the North of England to work in industry, those given assisted passage to Australia, and children sent to Canada. David T. Hawkings, one of Britain's leading genealogists, explains here for the first time how to use these records to trace your family history, providing an important, must-have resource for genealogists and family historians who want to make use of this comprehensive repository of information.
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