Friends Of Dundee City Archives - Index of Poor Registers
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The data in this database are extracted from two volumes concerning poor relief in Dundee:
The first of these is a register of paupers compiled by the parochial board of Liff and Benvie, which became part of the burgh of Dundee in 1859. It contains details of outdoor relief (money, clothing, medicine etc) given to paupers by the parochial board. The Dundee East Poorhouse register records paupers granted indoor relief, i.e. admitted to the poorhouse because they were ill, aged, or otherwise unable to support themselves, or because the parochial board wanted to test whether they were really poor (by subjecting them to an austere regime in so-called 'test-wards'). |
Cartoon showing Dingle M Foot, MP and Dundee East Poorhouse (courtesy of Dundee City Libraries). Click on the image to see a larger version of the cartoon and background information. |
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The
data is arranged by alphabetically by surname of each person in
the registers, and gives a date of admission to the poor roll
(in the Liff and Benvie register) or a date of admission to the
poorhouse (in the case of the Dundee Poorhouse register). The
original registers contain further information on each pauper,
including place of birth, number of children, occupation, reason
for admission, and date of discharge/removal. The registers are
available for inspection in Dundee City Archives. To request further
information about an entry in the poor registers, contact Dundee
City Archives, 21 City Square, Dundee DD1 3BY, or email archives@dundeecity.gov.uk
but remember to include ALL the data from the index entry concerned,
including name, date of admission and reference.
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Search
the data by surname using the facility below. To list all surnames beginning with a certain letter, simply enter the letter.
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| Or browse a list of inmates in the poorhouse in 1881 taken from the census returns for that year. | ||
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For background information on the poorhouses and data in the records click on one of the following: |
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