Poor House-Gelston/Best

[Matty47]

My ggm - Maggie GELSTON (nee BEST) died in the Poor House aged 30yrs in 1905.  I have a death record of her 3rd child Eliza GELSTON who died in 1903 in the Workhouse, Belfast.
Is the Poor House and Workhouse one of the same?  Are there death records for the Poor House available for research?  and where are the inmates buried? 
On Maggie's death record she is recorded as a 'Widow'.  I have searched the GRO Belfast and the record office in Dublin for the death record of Maggie's husband Samuel GELSTON without success.  I have hit a brick wall and don't know where else to look for Samuel GELSTON'S death record.  Any suggestions welcomed. 
Thank you
Matty.

[stevenson]

Hi Matty

Have you tried different spellings or sounds like for Gelston....

Steve

[Matty47]

Hi Steve,

Didn't cross my mind actually.  I will give it a try.

Thanks for your reply and suggestion.

Matty.

[stevenson]

Matty

Try this site for starts...    www.rootweb.com     ...hope I have done that Right...a few in Ireland...might give you something

Steve

[Matty47]

Thanks again,

Believe it or not I have managed, with a contact in Newcastle, to get back as far as 1580 on the GELSTON's name.  I have a few pieces of my puzzle that I just can't seem to get past and Samuel GELSTON's death record is one of them!
I live in England now and find it difficult getting back home to carry out ground research.  But I'm sure ONE DAY I will find my missing puzzle...I suppose it's knowing where to go from here although,  I have taken on board your advice...many thanks.
Sorry for my ramblings!

Matty.

[stevenson]

We all get these little brickwalls.

The poor records or workhouse records are in Proni...and need to be read physically......took me all day just to go through Doagh...the books were huge..old musty.....and the page I wanted was torn........called sods law...lol..needs lots of patients

Where they died I would assume would dictate which graveyard they were put in..but usually lots were buried together from poor houses........would need to speak to someone in the know so to speak to find that one out.

Happy hunting
steve

[Matty47]

Thanks again - any suggestions always welcome!

Matty.

[teap78]

Hi Matty,  As far as i can make out the dead from the poor house where usually buried in Cifton Street Cemetery and the dead from the work house were usually buried in Friars Bush Cemetery at Stranmillis.


Colette

[Matty47]

Colette,

Thanks ever so much for sending me this info....it helps a great deal as I now know which records to search whilst in PRONI.

Matty