Bulcamp was originally a very good Union House where families lived together. Later it became a really dreadful place with segretation and hard labour, gradually being improved by the Victorians and becoming the local hospital for that area of the county (see more on Simon's website). A pair of pearl earrings? a rare commodity in those days. Pat ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil White" <pwgrandmapa@comcast.net> To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 1:55 AM Subject: [SFK-UK] BULCHAMP House of Industry > Many thanks Nivard, once again you have come up with a good answer. The > piece you sent me certainly does fit and provides an interesting > description of the practices at the old Workhouses, certainly shows a > great deal of just plain cruelty by the ruling classes of the day. > In my search for the Osborne family in Suffolk I also recvd some > data about a member of the family transported to Tasmania after breaking > and entering a house and stealing two things of minimum value, 2 pearl > earings and a silver coin Result 10 years transportation. Shows > very little concern for less fortunate people, and almost a vicious > attitude. > > Anyway Thanks again Nivard, and I might also add that Mevagissey is one > of my very favorite spots in Cornwall

Where would someone who was born at the Bulcamp House of Industry likely be christened? I have not found a christening for my ancestor Charles NUNN, who was born about 1825 in Bulcamp, the son of Robert NUNN and Ann JESUP. I have checked all the surrounding parishes plus Bramfield (where they eventually settled). Mike Wearing Nova Scotia, Canada

Hello Mike, There was a chapel at Bulcamp, but I always understood that the records came under the parish of Blythburgh Holy Trinity. http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/bulcamp.htm Maybe someone who has experience of researching ancestors in Bulcamp can help further? Pat ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Wearing" <mwearing@eastlink.ca> > Where would someone who was born at the Bulcamp House of Industry likely > be christened? I have not found a christening for my ancestor Charles > NUNN, who was born about 1825 in Bulcamp, the son of Robert NUNN and Ann > JESUP. I have checked all the surrounding parishes plus Bramfield (where > they eventually settled).> Mike Wearing > Nova Scotia, Canada