Search Scotland, Forfarshire (Angus), Dundee Poor Relief Assessments 1822-1839
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Discover your Scottish ancestry by searching these rare poor relief assessment lists from the parish of Dundee. The records include assessment lists from 1822-1823, 1826-1833, 1836-1837, and 1839.
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Each result will provide a transcript and an image of the printed assessment lists. The transcripts will provide the following facts.
- Name
- Assessment year
- Occupation
- Residence
- Place and county
- Additional information
The images will also tell you the amount he/she could contribute to the poor funds.
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These records were transcribed from the assessments of the inhabitants of the parish of Dundee, created between 1822 and 1839. There are eleven volumes all together; therefore, your ancestor’s name might be repeated. Before 1845, responsibility for the relief and support of the poor fell to the parish and the kirk sessions. The assessments provided the amounts a person could contribute to poor funds.
These lists were originally printed by Alex Colville, at the Courier Office and have since been digitized by Google.
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