Hi Jo, Thanks for this - I didn't understand before that 'inmate' had more than the present-day meaning. Regards, Ellie ----- Original Message ----- From: "twigs" <twigs@dsl.pipex.com> To: <ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-SHROP] Confusing death cert > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OLD-ENGLISH/2006-05 > go into browse for May 2006, and few mailings on this Inmate question. > > I am especially interested, as I have a birth certificate for 1839, > (Wales), where the informant is described as Inmate (sounds like of a pub), > and we have not been able to trace any workhouse or similar at the address. > The informant was totally deaf, so I wondered if he was perhaps under care > of some sort, but info on him for various other years gives him as being an > ag lab. > > Jo. >