Looking After the Poor: Finding Your Ancestors in New England Poverty Records
Marian Pierre-Louis
Content
Introduction
2:00
What Are Poverty Records?
1:38
Importance
5:10
Who Cared for the Poor?
1:07
Law of Settlement
7:06
Records
0:42
Stranger Notifications
3:55
Warning Out
4:01
Town Cash Books
13:35
Town Reports
8:31
More Records
4:18
Conclusion
0:40
About this webinar
Come find out about "strangers taken in" records, "warning out" records and settlement law. Settlement law impacted all New Englanders whether rich or poor, transient or long-time resident. Discover what records were created as a result and why. 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 these rarely discussed New England records to reveal a wealth of information about your ancestors.
About the speaker
Marian Pierre-Louis is an educator who specializes in house history research, southern New England (MA, CT, RI) genealogy and historic cemetery research. Marian Pierre-Louis speaks regiona...
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