- Charles Booth Online Archive
The Charles Booth Online Archive is a searchable resource giving access to archive material from the Booth collections of the British Library of Political and Economic Science (the Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science) and the University of London Library.
The archives of the British Library of Political and Economic Science contain the original records from Booth's survey into life and labour in London, dating from 1886-1903. The archives of the University of London Library contain Booth family papers from 1799 to 1967. Contains London Poverty Maps.
http://booth.lse.ac.uk/
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- History of the Workhouse
For a general overview and for information about Poor Law Unions throughout the British Isles
http://www.workhouses.org.uk
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- Mailing List (RootsWeb)
Join this maillist for more information from peers.
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/POOR
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- Paupers in Workhouses 1861: sample
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Sample taken from the 1861 census of paupers in workhouses
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Paupers/
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- Poor Law Union Database
The Poor Law Union Database lists all Church of England parishes and many additional places and gives the name of the Union that place belonged to and an indication of which Record Office holds the records for that Union.
http://www.fourbears.worldonline.co.uk/Database.html
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- Poorhouses and Poverty
Links to other web sites
http://www.cyndislist.com/poor.htm
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- Settlement Examinations
The "one stop shop" for family and local historians
http://www.genfair.com
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- The Great Famine: 1845-1850
Great Famine in Ireland - National Archives website
http://www.nationalarchives.ie
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