We wish to acknowledge the Deputy Keeper of the Records, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) for usage of extracts from the following PRONI reference numbers BG/23/A – BG/23/G
For further research on the Magherafelt Workhouse see the following documents which are deposited in the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, BG/23 -Magherafelt Board of Guardians.
Minute Books 1844-1949
Dispensary Minute Books 1852-1898
Outward Letter Books 1893-1903
Inward Letter Books and Files 1927-1948
Letters from Poor Law Commissioners and Local Government Board 1899-1901
Contracts and Tenders 1932-1948
General Ledgers 1921-1947
Personal Ledgers 1890-1942
Financial Statements – Receipts 1917-1948
Financial Statements – Expenditure 1921-1948
Day Books 1941-1945
Annual Estimates and Demands 1899-1948
Invoices and Vouchers 1937-1949
Weekly Return of Inmates in Outside Workhouses 1941-1948
Master’s Journal 1938-1944
Master’s Report Books 1935-1943
Clothing Receipt Books 1935-1949
Provisions Check Books 1937-1949
Coal Books 1937-1946
Indoor Registers (Workhouse Registers) 1842-1929
Combined Workhouse Register and Statistical Record 1929-1949
Separate Register 1924-1949
Vaccination Registers 1879-1916
Miscellaneous 1922-1923
Correspondence and Files of Emergency Hospital Scheme 1938-1946
We are indebted to……
For the purposes of this research a number of additional sources were consulted, including:
- British Parliamentary Papers
- Newspapers
- Medical Journals (British and Irish)
