Found a relative GEORGE GILLER living there in 1881 census as an old man. Anyone know if there's records on the inmates at Bolton Archives and what details they might give? Thanks, Barbara

I was looking at the Admissions records only the other week. As I recall they give the following details: - Name of inmate by date of admission (As Martin has said they're not name indexed so you need a reasonable estimate of date of admission to find anyone specifically) and age. Families are grouped together. - Dietary classification of inmate in a table next to the name - I don't know what the 6 or so classifications mean though I suspect they are related to the gender and age of the inmate. - A number which was attached to the clothes of the inmate (not the number of items I assume as some were quite large numbers in the hundreds, but simply a recognition code I presume). - I think they recorded the township from where the inmate came - Finally, a description of the "reason for poor relief" Each page relates to admissions in a particular week, so some are quite crowded whilst other pages have relatively few records. The pages are chronologically arranged, denoted by the number of the week in a biannual system, I think starting in January and July. The records appear to be in good condition. If you look at the entry which coincides with the opening of Fishpool (Sept 1861 I think), you'll find a list of admissions several pages long. This presumably is the list of inmates transferred from Fletcher Street and Goose Cote Farm workhouses on the opening of Fishpool. Unfortunately, no details as above but effectively an index of the hundreds of inmates getting poor relief from the Bolton Union at that specific time. The Bolton Chronicle at the time published a regular report from the Guardians of the Bolton Union about the finances, conditions and events in the workhouse, which makes fascinating reading. Paul -----Original Message----- From: eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of BARBARA WINDER Sent: 07 September 2006 11:41 To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Bolton Workhouse Found a relative GEORGE GILLER living there in 1881 census as an old man. Anyone know if there's records on the inmates at Bolton Archives and what details they might give? Thanks, Barbara ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LAN-BOLTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.0/439 - Release Date: 06/09/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.0/439 - Release Date: 06/09/2006