Hi Laurel I thought it was someone connected to administering parish relief, but I have just looked in the 'The Complete A-Z guide to Early occupations and the definition is given as The Relieving officer; the person who took charge of the poor or insane persons not otherwise cared for. kind regards Brenda Ebberston, (6 miles East of Pickering), North Yorkshire Visit the Family History Research Centre with Accommodation Books for Genealogists on CD, 1901 Census Vouchers retailer. Visit our website www.yorkshireancestors.com Email: [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:27 AM Subject: [NYorks] Census description > Good morning listers! > > In the 1841 census an occupation is given for a William Sayer, aged 60, in > the return for Yarm (east side) (HO107/1259 Folio 15) as `Relieving > officer' > . Does anyone know what that means? > > Cheers > > laurel Sayer > Surrey > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most > helpful site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >