Thanks Andy That makes sense now I looked two or three times but missed that Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Nivard & Jon > > I went back to the first page and searched from there. The third page has > handwritten at the top, 'Date of Admission into Workhouse or Infirmary', > which is where they start doing this division of dates in one column. So > it > looks as though the 'first' column is the workhouse admission, and the > 'second' is into the infirmary. Individuals seem to have one or the other, > but not both dates. > > So it looks like 3 Aug 1869 was his admission into the infirmary, and > admission to the workhouse was on 28 Jul 1869. > > Cheers > Andy