Hello from Australia . Can anyone tell me if there are minute books for Sligo and Mayo . Thankyou for reading my request as it is not really Cotipperary but I am desparate to find anything about my Winifred Jane Nealis who left Sligo workhouse or assembly point as a famine orphan in 1848 for Australia . Laurie ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Heaphy To: cotipperary@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:27 PM Subject: Re: [COTIPPERARY] Timothy Doherty -Tipperary 1881 The Board of Guardian were set up under the 1838 Poor Law Act. They were responsible for the administration of the poor relief throughout the country. The minute books . Mary -----
Laurie, Workhouse Minute books just address the workings of the operation and do not have information on the orphans, etc. themselves. What I would suggest is that you use Google Books and put in various combinations of search terms, like Sligo Orphans Australia List Names Winifred, etc and see what might come up. Vary them around as different combinations pull up different books. You might also try the UK National Archives (Search the Catalog) for the same. Janet On 4/23/08, Laurie Thompson <lt030329@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Hello from Australia . Can anyone tell me if there are minute books for > Sligo and Mayo . Thankyou for reading my request as it is not really > Cotipperary but I am desparate to find anything about my Winifred Jane > Nealis who left Sligo workhouse or assembly point as a famine orphan in 1848 > for Australia . Laurie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mary Heaphy > To: cotipperary@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:27 PM > Subject: Re: [COTIPPERARY] Timothy Doherty -Tipperary 1881 > > > > The Board of Guardian were set up under the 1838 Poor Law Act. They were > responsible for the administration of the poor relief throughout the > country. The minute books . > > Mary > > > ----- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTIPPERARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >