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Title: Workhouse records
Post by: Towdlass on Saturday 25 February 17 14:01 GMT (UK)

Are there any records kept of the workhouses in Sheffield listing inmates? The period I'm interested in is 1930 to 1935 approx. I feel sure that there must be but can they be accessed online?

Towdlass

Title: Re: Workhouse records
Post by: rosie99 on Saturday 25 February 17 16:03 GMT (UK)

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Sheffield/

See Records towards bottom of page.  It suggests that there may be 100 year closure of any available records

Title: Re: Workhouse records
Post by: Towdlass on Saturday 25 February 17 16:36 GMT (UK)

Thanks rosie99. I completely forgot about that. That's the trouble when you're trying to trace someone, isn't it? You get tunnel vision. This 100 year closure is something I keep bumping into. I may not live long enough to see the results that I want disclosed that's the problem. How annoying.
Thanks for your help though.

Towdlass

Title: Re: Workhouse records
Post by: rosie99 on Saturday 25 February 17 16:38 GMT (UK)

Maybe they were just in hospital there and not normally resident  :-\

Title: Re: Workhouse records
Post by: Towdlass on Saturday 25 February 17 21:39 GMT (UK)

Would that make it accessible if that was the case because that was what I wanted to check?  ::)

Title: Re: Workhouse records
Post by: rosie99 on Sunday 26 February 17 08:21 GMT (UK)

I would doubt whether that would make it accessible.  Presumably they died there  :-\

Title: Re: Workhouse records
Post by: Towdlass on Sunday 26 February 17 10:43 GMT (UK)

Well, that's the thing Rosie, I don't think that they did. I cannot find any record of a death around this time in this area. It was just something I wanted to check having tried almost all other avenues. Never mind, back  to the drawing board.
Thank you so much for your help.

Towdlass