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Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 29 Send Message	Greyhound	Report	30 Dec 2010 22:36
	Hi, can any one help please, what does it mean by a inmate. On some census records a relative is living as a inmate but not at a prison. Does it mean a they are a lodger or boarder.
	Researching: Murray, Richards and Green
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 8,423 Send Message	ChrisofWessex	Report	30 Dec 2010 22:37
	Workhouse I have found it to be.
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 29 Send Message	Greyhound	Report	30 Dec 2010 22:42
	Thank you. As today we would have thought a prison.
	Researching: Murray, Richards and Green
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11,594 Send Message	~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ 007 1/2	Report	31 Dec 2010 00:38
	Hello Joy, I think it may depend on where they live. I had a relative in scotland who was referred to as an inmate where it wasn't a prison, or workhouse. Someone gave me advice that said it was just the same house as the head of the household. I've googled and found other threads suggesting this too.
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 29 Send Message	Greyhound	Report	8 Jan 2011 18:03
	Thank you for your help.
	Researching: Murray, Richards and Green