England, Lancashire, Liverpool, Workhouse Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains records created by the workhouses, including admission and discharge registers, classification lists, and registers of the sick, from eight different institutions in Liverpool.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * If available, check the image for additional information
 * Analyze the entry to see if it provides additional clues to find other records of the person or their family

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Try searching by surname only
 * The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
 * Remember that spelling was generally not standardized until the early part of the 20th century

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in England.
 * Lancashire, England Guided Research
 * England Research Tips and Strategies
 * England Record Finder

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Liverpool Board of Guardians, Admission and discharge registers, 1841-1928
 * Church of England. Workhouse Chapel, Workhouse Chapel at Liverpool, baptism registers, 1831-1928
 * Board of Health (Garston), General district rate books, 1854-1894
 * Liverpool Board of Guardians, Register of sickness and mortality, and boys and girls industrial school registers, 1846-1869
 * Kirkdale Industrial Schools (Liverpool), Classification registers for boys and girls, 1845-1897
 * Childwall Borough, General district rate, made by the Urban District Council for the urban district of Childwall, 1897-1911
 * Liverpool Board of Guardians, Admission registers to the Liverpool workhouse, Brownlow Hill, 1869-1902

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