Poor Relief Application - Possible Extras?

[JimM]

Hi Jack

Sorry for quoting you

I "think" (don't quote me!) that the L Cases refer to letters that contain very little on individuals.
And not too sure if any of these volumes have survived; some might have.
Archives though should be able to say - and also explain what they actually were.
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Jack

I doubt if the “L” numbers refer to letters, any letters would have been glued to the original (I have seen letters, newspaper clippings, and even marriage certificates glued to the records).

The L’s are the reference numbers for applications that in some way relate to the original (perhaps a child’s or parent’s etc.).

These L numbers are contemporary and have been re-indexed using the D-Hews.

I have uploaded one of my lot where there are references to other reports including a couple of L numbers... I have found all these other reports hiding under D-Hews

Jim

[Jack]

Hi Jim,
Quote away to your heart's content; i don't mind at all.

You're right about the Letter Cases - i should've noticed the number said Vol 32 p 78.
I'd been thinking of the records that had said, for eg, "See Letter R. 6425"; these are, for the most part, missing.
But as you know, occasionally they survive attached to an application.

According to the Calendar, the Letter Series were apparently all claims made by other Parishes upon Glasgow.
The Letter Series "L" were Glasgow (City) Parish 1857-1898.
And should be under D-HEW 11.

Like yourself i've seen many interesting items stuck onto the original pages.
One i was lucky to come across was an Abbey (Paisley) Poor Relief Ticket attached to a Glasgow record.
These records are a wonderful social history of a not too distant past.
Certainly no easy life for those with no option but to apply for relief.
And like today, many folk would've been "black affrontit" that their neighbours knew....
Jack

[joette]

black affrontit" that their neighbours knew.... or the neighbours would have been "grassing them up" about the wee bits & bobs they maybe had or the wee bits of work they might have been able to do!

[JimM]

Hi Jim,


According to the Calendar, the Letter Series were apparently all claims made by other Parishes upon Glasgow.
The Letter Series "L" were Glasgow (City) Parish 1857-1898.
And should be under D-HEW 11.

Hi Jack,
Thanks, I didn’t notice that connection
One of the ones I looked for was L 90.10
It was found under D-HEW 11 / 9 / 10

These records are a wonderful social history of a not too distant past.

And getting even closer…
You’ll know that the records are being constantly updated – well, a few weeks ago I found a record from 1919 that concerned an uncle that I had not previously known about.
I know for a fact that no-one else in the family knew of his existence either (and there are two of his siblings still living), I have thought long and hard but I don’t think I should tell them what I have found out.
Probably best if I don’t give the details here but a clue is in the date.

Jim

p.s. I was in on Monday and still nothing definite on the new copier.