I've forwarded this twice now and not seen it come up on the list. I promised Laura at York Archives that I would send it to the list so maybe third time lucky. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvonne Clarke" <yvonne.clarke23@btinternet.com> To: "Yorksgen" <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 6:58 PM Subject: Fw: [YORKSGEN] York Union Workhouse records > Laura Yeoman from York Explore asked me to forward this to the list. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Yeoman, Laura" <laura.yeoman@exploreyork.org.uk> > To: <yvonne.clarke23@btinternet.com> > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 5:03 PM > Subject: FW: [YORKSGEN] York Union Workhouse records > > > Hi Yvonne, > > Thanks for the heads-up on this. That is weird. The name rings a bell but I'm not sure > if I have ever met him myself. > > I've emailed Mr Kettlewell direct this afternoon, but would you be OK to post the > following as a response on the forum, on our behalf (we are not members) and I'll pick > up with him direct? > > 'We have a comprehensive list of all the items in our Workhouse and Poor Law Union > collections, which is currently available in printed form for consultation at York > Explore (it is available from staff on the Local History desk on the first floor). > > We are fully aware of the complexity of our current printed list for the Workhouse and > Poor Law Union records, and the fact that no details are currently available online. To > rectify this, we actually submitted an application to the Wellcome Trust late last year > for a two-year project to comprehensively catalogue and conserve all the surviving > workhouse and Poor Law Union records, as well as those of the later Department of > Health. The project is designed to ensure that the records are kept in a stable > condition going forward and appropriately packaged, and information about the records is > made available through our online catalogue. We are pleased to report that our > application, in the region of £180,000 over two years, was deemed successful earlier > this year, and we will shortly be recruiting an archivist for the project with the aim > of starting the cataloguing work in the summer. > > Whilst this project work is undertaken, anyone with specific questions about our > holdings is more than welcome to email us at archives@exploreyork.org.uk, where we would > be happy to clarify exactly what we have.' > > If you could post this for me I'd really appreciate it. > > Thanks again for telling me about it though. > > Yours, > > > Laura > > Laura Yeoman | Access Archivist > t: 01904 553325 m: 07960 929823 e: laura.yeoman@exploreyork.org.uk > > Explore York Libraries & Archives > York Explore Library Learning Centre | Museum Street | York YO1 7DS > www.exploreyork.org.uk | citymakinghistory.wordpress.com/ > facebook.com/ExploreYorkLibrariesandArchives > @yorklibrariesuk | @YorkArchivesUK > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Yvonne Clarke [mailto:yvonne.clarke23@btinternet.com] > Sent: 04 April 2016 09:28 > To: Yeoman, Laura > Subject: Fw: [YORKSGEN] York Union Workhouse records > > Dear Laura > Thought you might be interested in the following email to my Yorkshire Genealogy group. > > Yvonne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MICHAEL KETTLEWELL via" <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> > To: <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 11:44 PM > Subject: [YORKSGEN] York Union Workhouse records > > >> Hi board, >> Really struggling to find out where the following records relating to York Union >> Workhouse are kept. (1) Admissions and discharges for the period 1900-1912; (2) The >> Guardians' Minutes for the same years; and (3) Outdoor Relief application and report >> books for 1837-1929. In the first two cases, what I'm looking for in particular, are >> any >> records relating to York Union Workhouse Infirmary between 1900 and the end of 1912. >> According to Pete Higgingbotham's Workhouse site, they should be stored at York City >> Archives. Unfortunately, since the re-organisation, the place is in a pretty chaotic >> state, due to only around 20%+ of the their holdings being re-catalogued and a lack of >> local knowledge from the two archivists: the one that I've spoken to, by telephone and >> email had no knowledge of them or their whereabouts. >> Any help/tips would be very welcome. >> Thanks >> Mike >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com >> with >> the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > This communication is from Explore York Libraries & Archives. > > The information contained within, and in any attachment(s), is confidential and legally > privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). 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