Just a word of thanks for all those who posted with advice and suggestions about my great great grandmother and why she might have ended up in the workhouse. I have ordered her death certificate today to see whether it offers any further clues. Regards Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacqui Simkins" <wesimkinsandson@btconnect.com> To: "pollyp" <pollyp@xtra.co.nz>; "Warwick@rootsweb.com" <WARWICK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [WAR] Coventry Freemen now workhouses > Muriel is right. Before the advent of government provided hospitals, many workhouses had an infirmary or at > least a ward. In a recent project transcribing burials, we noticed some were "of the workhouse" or "pauper" > others used or added the next door address, local experts told me this was the "infirmary". > > So always approach deaths at these addresses with some caution; take into account the times, the lives of > those involved and their family circumstances - and the cause of death. > > Always keep an open mind in family history; always question information you find, and ask others with local > knowledge if they can add to the wider picture. Our email discussion lists have people with local knowledge - > they just need to be given opportunity to pass it on. > > Jacqui > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message