All board of guardian records are closed for 100 years from their terminal date.

Castlederg Board of Guardians Minute Books:
BG/8/A/1 1839-1846
BG/8/A/2 1846-1851
BG/8/A/3 1846-1851 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/4 1851-1855
BG/8/A/5 1856-1861 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/6 1861-1863 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/7 1863-1865
BG/8/A/8 1865-1868
BG/8/A/9 1868-1871
BG/8/A/10 1871-1874
BG/8/A/11 1874-1877
BG/8/A/12 1877-1879
BG/8/A/13 1879-1881
BG/8/A/14 1881-1882 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/15 1882 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/16 1883-1886 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/17 1886-1887 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/18 1887-1888 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/19 1888-1890 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/20 1890-1891 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/21 1892-1893 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/22 1893-1895 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/23 1895-1897
BG/8/A/24 1897-1899 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/25 1899-1900 (rough copy minute book)
BG/8/A/26 1900-1901
BG/8/A/27 1901-1902
BG/8/A/28 1901-1902
BG/8/A/29 1902-1904
BG/8/A/30 1904-1905
BG/8/A/31 1905-1906
BG/8/A/32 1906-1907
BG/8/A/33 1907-1908
BG/8/A/34 1908-1909
BG/8/A/35 1909
BG/8/A/36 1909-1910
BG/8/A/37 1910-1911
BG/8/A/38 1911-1912
BG/8/A/39 1912-1913
BG/8/A/40 1913-1914
BG/8/A/41 1914-1915
BG/8/A/42 1915
BG/8/A/43 1915-1916
BG/8/A/44 1916
BG/8/A/45 1916-1917
BG/8/A/46 1917
BG/8/A/47 1917-1918
BG/8/A/48 1918
BG/8/A/49 1918-1919
BG/8/A/50 1919
BG/8/A/51 1919-1920
BG/8/A/52 1920
BG/8/A/53 1920
BG/8/A/54 1920-1921
BG/8/A/55 1921-1922
BG/8/A/56 1922-1923
BG/8/A/57 1923
BG/8/A/58 1923-1924
BG/8/A/59 1924
BG/8/A/60 1924-1925
BG/8/A/61 1925
BG/8/A/62 1926
BG/8/A/63 1926-1927
BG/8/A/64 1927
BG/8/A/65 1927-1928
BG/8/A/66 1928-1930
BG/8/A/67 1930-1931
BG/8/A/68 1931-1932
BG/8/A/69 1932-1934
BG/8/A/70 1934-1935
BG/8/A/71 1935-1936
BG/8/A/72 1936-1937
BG/8/A/73 1937-1939
BG/8/A/74 1939-1940
BG/8/A/75 1941-1942
BG/8/A/76 1942-1943
BG/8/A/77 1943-1945
BG/8/A/78 1946-1948.

Financial minutes:
BG/8/AE/1 1921.

Minute book of the Burial Board:
BG/8/AP/1 1873-1874.

2 general ledgers:
BG/8/CA/1 1913-1915
BG/8/CA/2 1934-1937.

Out relief register:
BG/8/EA/1 1929-1948.

2 out relief application and report books:
BG/8/EB/1 1919-1945
BG/8/EB/2 1946-1948.

5 out relief admission and discharge books:
BG/8/EC/1 1937-1940
BG/8/EC/2 1940-1942
BG/8/EC/3 1942-1945
BG/8/EC/4 1945-1947
BG/8/EC/5 1947-1948.

Relieving Officer's receipt and expenditure book:
BG/8/EF/1 1929-1944.

7 diet class books:
BG/8/FJ/1-7 1942-1951.

9 volumes of provisions check account books:
BG/8/FG/1-9 1940-1949.

Coal book:
BG/8/FI/1 1920-1942.

Indoor admission and discharge book:
BG 8/GA/1 1947-1948.

10 combined workhouse registers and statistical records:
BG/8/GD/1 1923-1925
BG/8/GD/2 1932-1934
BG/8/GD/3 1934-1936
BG/8/GD/4 1936-1938
BG/8/GD/5 1938-1940
BG/8/GD/6 1940-1944
BG/8/GD/7 1942-1944
BG/8/GD/8 1944-1946
BG/8/GD/9 1946-1948
BG/8/GD/10 1948-1949.

Separate workhouse register for members of the Royal Irish Constabulary and paupers from other unions:
BG/8/GE/1 1901-1941.

2 sick diet books:
BG/8/HG/1 1937-1940
BG/8/HG/2 1943-1944.

Midwives' registers of cases attended in Castlederg:
BG/8/JB/1 1919-1948.

Midwives' registers of cases attended in Killeter:
BG/8/JB/2 1929-1948.

Record of births in Castlederg workhouse:
BG/8/K/1 1841-1934.

A useful publication is Michael Farrell, 'The Poor Law and the Workhouse in Belfast, 1838-1948' (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast, 1978).

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