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   J. P. Gilliver (John) to Colin Bignell   
   Re: Thank you everybody, (was Re: census   
   14 Feb 22 01:12:01   
   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 at 08:50:10, Colin Bignell  wrote   
   (my responses usually follow points raised):   
   []   
   >* As an aside, I found a couple of generations of related people had   
   >been born in a poorhouse. Further checking showed that, in both cases,   
   >their parents were the Warden and the Matron of those poorhouses.   
   >   
   At least one of the LostCousins newsletters in the past few months   
   included a favourable review of a book or two about the poorhouse   
   system. (These newsletters are free and online, and there's a search   
   function.)   
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   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
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