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reeveh
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Complete - Registration district - The Witney Union
« on: Thursday 13 August 09 21:54 UTC (UK) »
Hi,

Have just received a copy of a birth certificate dated 1849 - the registration district is "The Witney Union" in the sub-district of Witney.

Would I be correct in assuming the child in question was actually born in the workhouse?  I want to be sure before I pass this info onto other relatives.

I've seen Witney Union on burial records but never on a birth certificate.

TIA Yvonne
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Mean_genie
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Re: Registration district - The Witney Union
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 15 August 09 23:28 UTC (UK) »
Yvonne

Registration districts were based on Poor Law Unions, and the two terms were often used interchangeably.  Many registrars were also Poor Law Union officials, particularly in the early years; the registrar for the Witney sub-district in 1851 (Thomas East) was also a Relieving Officer for the Witney Union, so if he was the man who registered the birth in question then he was just using a description that was familiar to him.

So unless the place of birth is given as the workhouse, or a street address that turns out to belong to  the workhouse, there is no reason to suppose that the child was born there.

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Re: Registration district - The Witney Union
« Reply #2 on: Monday 17 August 09 12:33 UTC (UK) »
Hi,

Thanks so much for taking the time to reply.

Your help is much appreciated.

Best Wishes Yvonne
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