Looking After the Poor: Finding Your Ancestors in New England Poverty Records
Looking After the Poor: Finding Your Ancestors in New England Poverty Records
by Marian Pierre-Louis
Introduction
What Are Poverty Records?
Importance
Who Cared for the Poor?
Law of Settlement
Records
Stranger Notifications
Warning Out
Town Cash Books
Town Reports
More Records
Conclusion
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Looking After the Poor: Finding Your Ancestors in New England Poverty Records
- by Marian Pierre-Louis |
- 52 minutes |
- Intermediate |
- June 1, 2016 |
- Connecticut |
- Maine |
- Massachusetts |
- New England |
- New Hampshire |
- Rhode Island |
- Vermont |
- Poor Law Records |
Discover how your not-so-wealthy New England ancestors may have left behind a wealth of information found in town poverty records. Come find out about "strangers taken in" records, "warning out" records and settlement law. Discover who cared for the town poor before state or national welfare benefits. You will be surprised at the level of detail you can find about your ancestors. Marian Pierre-Louis will take you into the depths of New England town records to reveal the hard to find information about your elusive ancestors.
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