Hi Laurel, I believe that a relieving officer had to do with either the workhouse or parish relief for the poor and was the man responsible for authorizing and or delivering the relief needed which could be food or money. Janet DeBunce ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 1:27 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 > > >