Robin, Always the first place to go for information on workhouse records is the Workhouse History site. You can find information on Spalding here users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/Spalding/Spalding.shtml According to this, the early admissions register s do not seem to have survived, but you could ask the archives if they have anything else. > Records • Lincolnshire Archives, St. Rumbold Street, Lincoln LN2 > 5AB. Holdings include: Guardians' minute books (1835-1930); Births > (1914-47); Admissions and discharges (1913-16, 1924-8, 1930-46); > Creed register (1914-48); Punishment book (1862-1929); Register of > lunatics (1914-48). > How far back have you got with the census information? If you give us some names and dates, someone might be able to help you further? Anne On 24 Jul 2010, at 03:41, Robin Carter wrote: > Hi Listers, > > Were there admission registers for workhouses in the 1800's? I > have an > individual who appears to have lived at the Spalding Workhouse , > born in Kent > ,and although a single woman had several children born while she was > a resident > there. She was a fieldworker , is possible there were different > fathers for > her children? Any comments welcome. I am trying to get a birth > certificate for > my husband's grandfather who according to his family, was an > orphan. I have > checked the cenus but grandfather changes his birthplace on at > least two. > > Robin. >