Keith In follow up to Roy's contribution the records at the Bradford office are: West Yorkshire Archive Service - Bradford, Registry of Deeds, 15 Canal Road, Bradford BD1 4AT. Holdings include: Various minutes (1837-1930); Admissions and discharges (1857-1930); Births and deaths (1838-1930); Creed registers (1869-1930); Punishment book (188-1930); etc. Can concurr also on the website I have used it in connection with a relative who died in the Whitehaven Workhouse in the 1890s. Vin Bath ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Farrell To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 11:28 AM Subject: [ BRAD] Details of workhouse inmate - ROBINSON Hello listers, A relative of mine is desperately seeking details of the death of his great grandmother. He used to research his family tree in the days before the internet and this omission from his records troubles him. His great grandmother was Mary Robinson (nee Stirzaker) born in Garstang, Lancashire c1829. Her age on each of the censuses from 1841 to 1891 matches to this date but in 1901 she is recorded as 73. For most of her life she lived in Bradford, West Yorkshire. She appears to have been alive in 1906 as her husband's will dated November of that year leaves all his possessions solely to her and this will was subject to probate in 1910. I have checked the civil registration index for her death from 1906 to 1930 and could only find 2 possibilities, one of which my relative has recorded as "not mine". The other is a death on the 22nd April 1916 age 86 when she is described as being of 73 Captain Street, Bradford, husband unknown, and the death occurred at the Workhouse Hospital, Horton, Bradford. We know that at the time of the writing of the will in 1806, "our" Mary Robinson lived at 538 Heaton Rd, Bradford. Do any listers have access to the records for that workhouse at that date? If so, could they check to see if they record any next of kin or anything at all that might prove/disprove that this death is the one we seek? Do any listers have any information on what records for the Workhouse Hospital still exist and where they might be consulted? Is access via the web possible? I have looked at maps for Bradford for this period and see that there is a "Union Workhouse" in Little Horton Lane on the site now occupied by St. Luke's Hospital. Is this likely to be the "Workhouse Hospital, Horton" where the death occurred? Keith Farrell (in Cornwall) _________________________________________________________________ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters ==== ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Mailing List ==== E-mail etiquette pays dividends! - please CAPITALISE surnames, other text CAPITALisation usually means you are shouting! ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx