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From: "Tom Gaffney" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] Fw: Query Regarding Combination Poor House & Asylum, Hamilton, Scotland 1896
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 14:31:15 -0500
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Many thanks.
tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "MaryH" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] Fw: Query Regarding Combination Poor House & Asylum,
Hamilton, Scotland 1896
> > > I am writing to ask: 1) How I might go about finding a record of his
> > admission to the Poorhouse/Asylum and circumstances surrounding same? 2)
> If anyone is familiar with or can direct me to conditions in this
Poorhouse
> circa 1896? 3) If anyone might know of a photograph of any part of the
> interior of the House circa 1896? 4) If anyone knows the street address
of
> the House circa 1896? 5) If someone could suggest the most efficient way
to
> try to identify his surviving descendants in Scotland.
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> The place to start is the National Archives of Scotland at HM General
> Register House in Edinburgh. Email
>
> If there are any surviving records for the poor house, they will be able
to
> advise you on what there is.
>
> Tracing current descendants is just a matter of ploughing through births,
> marriages and deaths until you get to a possibly living descendant. Then
you
> can use good old telephone directories or the electoral register to find
an
> address.
>
> Good luck
> Mary Hallett - West Sussex
> Visit my Website at www.fourbears.worldonline.co.uk
> Researching -MILLS, HUMBLE, HICKS, HALLETT
> BARKAS - one name study
>
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