john henry smith b.1901 Liverpool (Smith-Carroll)

I think that discovering this information is going to take some painstaking historical research Jim. There have been two World Wars and a lot of rebuilding in the intervening 100 years.

You need to comb through the list of schools and try to locate their situation on the map to discover which old school may have been local to your father's district.

Hope this helps, Gillian

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''What will survive of us is love.''Philip Larkin

Hi Gillian, I was wondering what the term ,work house means in Britain? I have seen a document with this wording on it.
Thanks , Jim Smith

Hi Jim,

I'm not sure whether Gillian will be back today. But anyway - here are a couple of great websites about Workhouses and the old "Poor Law", that you might find interesting......

The Story of the Workhouse
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/

Rossbret Workhouses Website
http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/index.html

If you're still unsure about anything, please get back to us and we'll try to fill in any blanks good stuff!!

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Nothing is too small to know, and nothing too big to attempt (William Van Horne)

Sorry Jim I was held up by computer problems but Carole came to the rescue. How is your research going? Gillian

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''What will survive of us is love.''Philip Larkin

Hi Gillian, Making some progress, the going is slow. Gillian can you tell me if West Derby is a district in Liverpool? My aunt Kathleen Smith,was born in 1908. Living on Gerald st,according to the 1911 Census. Thank you for all the help .will be sending via Paypal a donation to this site, as soon as I get back home to Wyoming. Best Regards, Jim Smith

Hola Jim

Yes, West Derby is an adjoining area of Liverpool and a registration district. Progress is good! We look forward to hearing more! Gillian

PS A donation will be much appreciated, thank you Jim.

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''What will survive of us is love.''Philip Larkin

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Hi Everyone

Just a note that may be helpful about the 1911 census records.

If you want to see more members of a family to be sure you have got the right one, or you just don't want to pay! Try searching like this:

Go to: "Search the Records" to get the form on screen. Just type in the surname of the family at the top of the form (not first name or year of birth).

Type in the place they were living (if you know)

At the bottom of the form type in the name of the person you are looking for on the census (surname and first name).

The results will not show the person you named (at the bottom of the form) but will show all the other people living with that person who have the same surname. If the surname is fairly unusual or if there are not many people in the town with that name you may be lucky and just get the family you want. If you get lots of names, look for all the ones in the place you are looking for, or look at their year of birth.

Hope this is useful.

Hi! and thank you!

That sounds as though it is worth trying. It will be interesting to hear whether anyone has a breakthrough using this method.

Gillian

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''What will survive of us is love.''Philip Larkin

I will give it a go. I know they have closed up some loop holes.

I have coppied this to the 1911 census thread as well
>>>LINK>>>

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Maxine
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