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Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 10 Send Message	Iris	Report	16 Aug 2017 17:42
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 10 Send Message	can anyone tell me if I can look up workhouse records to see how long a person was in there I no that this person died in there but would like to no how long they had been there and why thanks
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	16 Aug 2017 18:06
	Find the work house on this site http://www.workhouses.org.uk On the description page, usually towards the bottom, it'll tell you where any surviving records are held. Some of the Admissions & Discharge registers are on Ancestry. They will tell you when they entered the Workhouse. Many people sought medical attention in the Infirmary as these were the for-runners of the NHS. You'd probably need to contact the relevant holding archives to ask if full records survive.
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