Greetings all Could anyone tell me, please, what an "indoor pauper" would be??? I am looking at the 1861 Census for Wales and assume that the child (Louisa Williams aged 6 years) is in the workhouse. Unfortunately her parents don't seem to be there, at least, I can't see them in the Lists - would people have put their children into the workhouse if they fell on hard times? This has been a very difficult family - WILLIAMS from Wales!!! Looking at marriage records I found at least 40 Thomas WILLIAMS married in just one quarter and all in South Wales!!! I am looking for Louisa and Kate WILLIAMS, children of Thomas and Ann WILLIAMS in an attempt to find the early family (Kate is my late husband's grandmother). Kate's death certificate says she was born in Bath but the two entries for Kate Williams, Bath in 1862 and 1863 GRO Records, have proved to be the wrong ones. The family finally emigrated to Australia in 1864 and ended up in the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. I have had tremendous help from another researcher who has given me Louisa's descendants (confirming comments by my late husband) and I have Kate's descendants, but the parents seem to be the stumbling block. Talk about a needle in a haystack! Cheers Pat Pat Banks Perth, Western Australia OPC: Gulval, St.Levan, Mullion Researching: Cock - Mullion George - Illogan Osborne - St.Levan Polglase - Breage, St.Erth