| Family history is more than just collecting names, dates and places. In their efforts to recreate the lives of their ancestors, diligent researchers will follow the economic and social ups and downs of individual ancestors and of their family units. There could be considerable movement within an individuals lifetime and certainly over a few generations. This course concerns itself mainly with the lows of lifeand it is a very rare family indeed that will not have some of these. Some of your ancestors may feature in the parish administration or early welfare system records. They may have been recipients or donors of charity, or serving their turn administering parish affairs. Equally important were those who did not need assistance but provided aid, were contracted to work or supply the church or workhouse and thus be mentioned as their accounts are rendered to the church.
This course shows you how to access the wealth of records giving details of their daily lives, whether they were on the parish or on the payroll. The highs and lows of life tend to be the best documented and the extensive material on the poor is waiting to be used in archives, libraries and the FamilySearch website.
Course Content
Module 1
Introduction to Poor Law & Parish Chest Records
The Poor Law
History of the Care of the Poor
Monasteries
Early History of the Poor Law
Old Poor Law
New Poor Law
National Health Service
Conclusion
Poor Law Records
What will these documents tell you?
National Poor Law Records
County Poor Law Records
Union Poor Law Records
Parish Poor Law Records
Module 2
Ecclesiatical Records In The Parish Chest
Parish Registers
Vestry
Records of Vestry Members
Vestry Minutes
Churchwardens
Lists of Churchwardens
Churchwardens or Church Rates
Tradesmen's Agreements
Churchwardens Bills
Churchwardens Accounts
Churchwardens Presentments
Other Churchwarden Activities
Module 3
Charity
Sources of Charity Income
Charity Disbursements
Almshouses
Glebe Terriers
Tithes
History of Tithes
Tithe Records
Other Ecclesiastical Records
Annual Perambulations
Bederolls or bead-rolls
Briefs
Churching Books
Churchwarden Petitions
Customary Fees
Easter Dues
Ecclesiastical Visitations
Licenses to Eat Meat During Lent
Lists of Ecclesiastics
List of Excommunicated & Absolved
Parish Magazines
Renovations of Church Buildings
Seating & Pew Rents
Module 4
Civil Records In The Parish Chest
Parish Constables
Appointments
Duties of Constables
Constables Records & Accounts
Poor Law Administration
Overseers & Guardians
Poor Rates
Overseers Accounts
Billing to Parish of Settlement
Workhouse Out-Relief Accounts
Guardians Accounts & General Ledgers
Settlement
Settlement Examinations
Settlement Indemnity Certificates
Removal Orders & Passes
Settlement Disputes
Vagrants
Vagabond Examinations
Vagabonds Passes
Module 5
Illegitimacy
Bastardy Examinations
Bastardy Bonds
Bastardy Affiliation Orders
Bastardy Books
Putting the Story Together
Miscellaneous Bastardy Records
Orphans & Foundlings
Boarding Out Registers
Pauper Apprentices
Indexes & Lists
Apprentice Indentures
Workhouse In-Relief
Workhouse Admissions & Discharges
Workhouse Birth & Death Registers
Workhouse Baptism & Burial Registers
Workhouse Inmates Clothing Records
Workhouse Punishment Books
Workhouse School Registers
Workhouse Tradesmens' Accounts
Workhouse Allowances
Workhouse Food
Workhouse Out-Relief
Workhouse Medical Records
Militiamens' Dependents
Delinquent Fathers
Abscondence
Repentance
Magistrates Orders
Module 6
Miscellaneous Pool Law Records
Record Types
Creed Registers
Registrar's Marriage Notices
Visits To Young Persons Hired Out
Assisted Emigration
Highways
Appointment of Surveyors of Highways
Surveyors Rates or Assessments
Surveyors Accounts
Open-Field Agriculture Enclosure
Land Tax
Parish Councils
Water Supply
Miscellaneous Civil Records
Historical Notes
Lists of Parishioners
Local Agriculture & Economy
Medical Notes
Militia Lists & Musters
Records of Other Taxes
Relevant Acts of Parliament
Severe Weather
How To Find Poor Law & Parish Chest Materials
County & Union Poor Law Records
Parish Poor Law Records
Indexes to Poor Law Records
Workhouse Museums
Poor Law Employees
Old Poor Law Pre-1834
New Poor Law Unions from 1834
Records of Poor Law Union Employees
Recommended Reading & Resources
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