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Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 13,135 Send Message	UzziAndHerDogs	Report	19 Aug 2010 17:15
	Lives of Victorian poor go online at National Archives Access to the records is free to the public, who can search for them on the National Archives website. The National Archives project involves letters and reports passed between poor law authorities in England and Wales. Project director Dr Paul Carter said the records were "unrivalled" as an important source for examining the lives of the Victorian poor. edit .full story at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11021423
	Researching: Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 54,131 Send Message	Ann	Report	19 Aug 2010 18:22
	Thank you Uzzi, will take a peek at those. Annx
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 13,033 Send Message	**JulieAnn*.sprinkling fairydust*	Report	19 Aug 2010 19:31
	that sounds just the ticket, she gotta be in that lot, my great gran, gotta be