I contacted the archivist of the Pembrokeshire Record Office about my Mary James problem and her reply contained something about the meaning of the term "pauper" when used by census enumerators that I think might be of wider interest. The archivist wrote: "The term 'pauper' was used by the census enumerators to indicate a person with no visible income or means of supporting themselves. It does not necessarily mean that she was receiving poor relief. " If anyone else is interested in poor law and workhouse records for Narberth Parish I am afraid that very little of use seems to have survived. According to the archivist: "we have churchwardens' accounts for 1762-1800 only for Narberth parish. There may be some records still with the parish. Although we have the Guardian's minutes from 1837, we have no early registers of the Narberth workhouse extant and no records of outside relief in the 19th century." Roy