Search for your English ancestors in this index of poor law union records. The records include birth registers, correspondents, admission and discharge registers.
Search for your English ancestors in this index of poor law union records. The records include birth registers, correspondents, admission and discharge registers.
Each search result will provide you with a transcript of the information found on the original record. You will find the following facts:
Name
Event year
Event date
Poor law union
County and country
Document type
Document reference – this reference can be used to find the original record at the Kent History and Library Centre.
This index comprises 16 different types of poor law union documents from 24 different unions across the English county of Kent. It was created from original records held by the Kent History and Library Centre and some are also held at the Medway Archives Centre and also the Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Below are full lists of the unions included in this collection and the various types of records.
Poor law unions
Blean Union
Bridge Union
Canterbury Union
Cranbrook Union
Dartford Union
Dover Union
East Ashford Union
Eastry Union
Elham Union
Faversham Union
Gravesend and Milton Union
Hollingbourne Union
Hoo Union
Maidstone Union
Malling Union
Medway Union
Milton Union
North Aylesford/Strood Union
Romney Marsh Union
Sevenoaks Union
Sheppey Union
Thanet Union
Tonbridge Union
West Ashford Union
Admission and Discharge Register
Annual General Court of the Guardians of the Poor of the City of Canterbury
Bexley Admission and Discharge Register
Correspondence in and Out Letters
Correspondence in Letters
Correspondence Out Letters
Minute of The General Courts & Extraordinary General Courts
Minutes of The Board of Guardians
Minutes of The Monday and Friday Committees
Plc Correspondence in Letters
Register of Baptisms
Register of Births
Register of Burials
Register of Deaths
Swanscombe Admission and Discharge Register
Weekly Indoor Relief List