HOW TO FIND YOUR AG LAB ANCESTORS

Finding information about your relations who worked as agricultural labourers begins with the basic genealogical records. Search online) to identify locations of the farms or estates where they may have worked. You can then use the Victoria County History ( ) or British History Online () to find details of the manors and landed estates in the area, so you can begin to investigate available records held locally. Many labourers worked for tenant farmers of the landed estates, so researching estate records is paramount. Poor-relief records often include rural workers and some are now online. For Scotland, check kirk session records recently added to . Finally, records of trade unions and articles in provincial newspapers are also informative once you establish where they worked.