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Poor Law Records Online
« on: Thursday 19 August 10 11:36 BST (UK) »
The national archives have put a set of poor law records online:

BBC News article about them http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11021423

To search the records http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/workhouse.asp

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Mark
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Re: Poor Law Records Online
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 19 August 10 20:27 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the post Mark, I'll have a look around and see what I can find.
Bloomfield, Knights, Whitmore, Warner (Suffolk)
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Re: Poor Law Records Online
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 12 February 11 10:45 GMT (UK) »
Does this include all records or are some sealed from public view?

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Re: Poor Law Records Online
« Reply #3 on: Monday 21 February 11 13:59 GMT (UK) »
Does this include all records or are some sealed from public view?

It certainly isn't all the poor law records that the National Archives have, however I don't know if some records are sealed from public view.
Bowles, Burgess, Chinn, Cooling/Cullen, Harrison, Jarvis/Jervis, Lawrence, Mitchell, Orme, Parsons, Sutton