Researching Your Pauper Ancestors – Clare O’Grady

Most of us have roots in the countryside, but where can we find out more about the lives that our rural ancestors led? This talk will introduce you to some of the main source documents such as: Estate records, labour & wage books, manorial surveys, tithe records, enclosure records and other official reports & records.

At some point in their lives, many of our ancestors would have been in receipt of some form of poor relief, either from the parish or from a Poor Law Union. This talks discusses the records that you can use to find out more, especially:

Accounts of the Overseer of the Poor
Settlement records
Vagrancy examinations and passes
Pauper apprenticeships
Workhouses pre and post 1834
Pauper migration

Clare is a professional genealogist and researcher and qualified tutor with over 10 years professional experience. She has an MSc in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic studies from the University of Strathclyde and is a member of the Register of Qualified Genealogists and an associate member of AGRA. Her website is herefordshiregenealogy.com/

Monday 15 June

Fromus Centre, Street Farm Road, Saxmundham, (behind the Library), Suffolk IP17 1AL

The talk takes place on Monday 15th June at 2.30pm, in person at the Fromus Centre, Street Farm Road, Saxmundham, IP17 1AL (behind the Library) and, for members only, on Zoom. The speaker will be talking to us on Zoom. The talk starts at 2.30pm. No need to book – just turn up — free for members and £5.00 for visitors, including tea/coffee/biscuits. Good, free car-parking. Only members can take part in our meetings on Zoom, but it only costs £10 for a year’s membership – see www.avsfhg.o

www.avsfhg.org.uk/researching-pauper-ancestors-by-clare-ogrady-87

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