ABERDEEN & N.E. SCOTLAND FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

Poor Relief Records - Correction

It appears that the information on p. 18 of the new Information Booklet (August 2010), repeated verbatim from 2008, is inaccurate. The section should read:

During the period 1845-1930, parish councils and parochial boards kept records of people applying for Poor Relief (an early form of Social Security). Where the registers still exist, ANESFHS has compiled separate indexes to: (1) Register of Applicants; (2) General register of the Poor, i.e. the names of those receiving Poor Relief; (3) Register of Children receiving Poor Relief through a guardian. These indexes can be consulted at our King Street premises and also at Aberdeen City Archives in Dunbar Street, at the Library and Information Service in Oldmeldrum and at Moray Archives in East End School, Elgin.
 All that survives for Aberdeen City is a record of the Minutes for St. Nicholas Parish 1895-1948. Along with original registers for many Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire and Moray parishes, these are held at Aberdeen City Archives in Dunbar Street, Old Aberdeen. Those for some Moray parishes are also at Moray Archives in Elgin

We apologise for the misleading information and hope that this has cleared up any confusion. The corrected text was posted on this website as soon as we became aware of the error.

Liz Foubister (Chairman)

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