research into a birth in a workhouse?

[garstonite]

hi..does anyone have any research history of how to find a birth in a workhouse please?? pre 1837(1826)...thanks...regards...allan

[Guest]

are they mentioned in the 1841 census ???????? might give you a clue

[garstonite]

thanks val...i`m in the process of checking...allan

[Darksecretz]

If you know the name of the workhouse, you could check the registers?

failing that, is there anything on the IGI? for a bapt?

[garstonite]

thankyou julie...which registers do i check?...i googled penistone workhouse and went on site,but i can`t find a thread for names to check??...regards..allan

[Darksecretz]

You would Probably have to email them, or goto the Records office which would probably have the registers there.

I know My Gt Gran was born in the workhouse, but this was 1847. and the master of the W/H registered the birth.

is doubtful you would find a record of her birth at the workhouse online.

[Olde Crone Holden]

The person would have been baptised though, and this will be recorded in the relevant church registers.

Also, look for a Bastardy Order in the Poor Law Records (I am assuming illegitimate, sorry!)

OC

[Darksecretz]

ahhh just checked...

www.workhouses.org.uk - The Workhouse Web Site

this is what it says....
Records

• Sheffield Archives, 52 Shoreham Street, Sheffield S1 4SP. Virtually no local records survive.

[garstonite]

thankyou both for your help...regards...allan;)