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Title: Union Workhouse Barnsley
Post by: mytree on Friday 09 August 13 15:39 BST (UK)
Have tried Barnsley Archives who donot have any records about the Workhouse, might there be any information elsewhere?
Title: Re: Union Workhouse Barnsley
Post by: carolanne on Friday 09 August 13 15:46 BST (UK)
I'm really surprised that they haven't got any formation regarding the workhouse have you tried Google there is some information there. You could also try the Barnsley Family History Society.
Regards Carolanne
Title: Re: Union Workhouse Barnsley
Post by: rosie99 on Friday 09 August 13 15:55 BST (UK)
There is information at the bottom of the page on this link on what survives

 http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Barnsley/
Title: Re: Union Workhouse Barnsley
Post by: mytree on Friday 09 August 13 16:18 BST (UK)
Thanks Rosie and Carolanne - i should have been clearer, i was looking for information on a birth of George Turner in 1876, admission details of his mother and hopefully details confirming his father was Joseph Turner. I was told the Guardians minutes books and commitee minutes, would not help with this. I have the birth certificate, but BRICKWALL on his father Joseph, he does not appear on any census with his wife or supposed children! The only concrete evidence i have of Joseph's existence is the marriage in 1867, although Joseph is not recorded with the family on any census his wife does not list herself as a widow until the 1891 census. I think this is one brickwall i am never going to break down. Thanks anyway for your input.
Title: Re: Union Workhouse Barnsley
Post by: mrsruz on Saturday 10 August 13 15:23 BST (UK)
I drew a similar blank when looking for my grandmother & her siblings in Barnsley archive. They were orphaned in 1907 & I was looking for poor law records, which I was told they didnīt have at Barnsley archive, although they did suggest I tried the Record Office at Wakefield.
I didnīt as I donīt live in England & hadnīt got time, but it might be worth your while contacting Wakefield.
(I subsequently found the children I was looking for had been taken in by the Waifs & Strays Society.)
Title: Re: Union Workhouse Barnsley
Post by: mytree on Sunday 11 August 13 08:09 BST (UK)
Thanks mrsruz, will look into that and glad you found out about your grandmother and siblings.