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Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 18 Send Message	John	Report	27 Oct 2012 15:36
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 18 Send Message	Does anyone have access to the records of the union workhouse around 1881. I am looking for a David Thomas Jones in 1881. He is 11 year old and was born in wrexham john
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	27 Oct 2012 15:50
	Most Workhouse records are held at the local records office or archive and would need to be looked at there
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Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,837 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	27 Oct 2012 16:08
	The 1881 census gives his birthplace as Cefn Mawr, Denbigh. The Workhouse website (www.workhouses.org) gives this information for records:- Records Denbighshire Record Office, Ruthin Gaol, 46 Clwyd Street, Ruthin, Denbighshire LL15 1HP. Few records survive — holdings include: Register of inmates (1892-1930); Admissions and discharges (1890-1920); Births and deaths register (1886-1914); Maternity register (1912-30); Ledgers and accounts (1837-1929); etc. Kath. x
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 18 Send Message	John	Report	27 Oct 2012 16:10
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 18 Send Message	Thanks for that Kath, and u Shirley as well