I've just been looking at the 3 institutions in Aylesbury for which separate census returns were made: the workhouse, prison, & hospital. The enumerator for each was the head of the institution: the master of the workhouse, the governor of the prison, & the hospitals resident surgeon. The workhouse is recorded in clear & elegant, if somewhat elaborate, script. The prison in a more workmanlike, but still pretty good, hand. The hospital is an illegible scrawl. Paul -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.10 - Release Date: 14/04/05

In message <425EC773.9010606@ntlworld.com>, Paul Irving <pauljirving@ntlworld.com> writes >I've just been looking at the 3 institutions in Aylesbury for which >separate census returns were made: the workhouse, prison, & hospital. >The enumerator for each was the head of the institution: the master of >the workhouse, the governor of the prison, & the hospitals resident >surgeon. The workhouse is recorded in clear & elegant, if somewhat >elaborate, script. The prison in a more workmanlike, but still pretty >good, hand. The hospital is an illegible scrawl. Doctor's writing, isn't it? -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society