Hello Berry, I can't tell you exactly when "Settlement Examinations" as such. ceased to be conducted though I can tell you that the whole context of settlement and removal which inevitably would have involved some form of "examination", was still causing controversy in 1854 when there was a Settlement and Removal Bill going through Parliament . I have not as yet found evidence that the Bill was passed, but the whole question of Settlement and how, and indeed whether, it should continue as a determinant of who paid for the relief of the poor probably continued until Unions and Guardians were abolished by the Local Government Act of 1929 and their functions transferred to new Public Assistance Authorities' Sid 2010/1/16 Berry Wraight berry.wraight@googlemail.com wrote > Hi Richard > > Following your point about the poor laws, can you tell me when the > settlement exam stopped being the norm and, what prompted such an > examination? This may help me to pin point my Gx3 grandfather - at last!!! > - > assuming I can find him in the settlement records if they still exist. > >