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Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 469 Send Message	Willy	Report	17 Sep 2004 12:01
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 469 Send Message	l am presently up against a brick wall regarding my great grandfather.ln the 1891 british census it gives his age as five years old,place of birth workhouse.Therefore l am pulling what hair l have trying to find what his mother or father were called.My greatgrandfather was called Ernest Archer born c1886,place of birth Louth Workhouse Lincolnshire.Could somebody please HELP.Thankyou.
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 336 Send Message	Bob	Report	17 Sep 2004 12:50
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 336 Send Message	this site gives you a description of Louth Workhouse and the post and e-mail addresses for the records office: http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lincs/louth_workhouse.htm and this one gives you even more: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/ click england, then search for Lincolnshire and click louth at the bottom of that page is a link to the online archive services