The Death Registers in the Coventry Workhouse meticulously kept by the various Masters of the Workhouse and have been transcribed by Beverley Wishart are now available on CD-ROM. There are circa 8,300 names of men, women, children, including infants who died at the Coventry Union Workhouse between the years 1845-1943.

The Registers are an invaluable aid to family historians, especially when an ancestor cannot easily be found. If he died in the Workhouse, Admittance and Discharge Registers can be consulted to see what his circumstances had been to lead him there. He may have gone in and out of it many times for various reasons. A list of his personal items carried in his pockets may be availble with some entries. A purse and coins or a handkerchief etc.

The Guardians' Minutes or the Masters' Reports may mention him in some way or if he was sick when he went in. The Medical Officers' Reports may give details of his record of health.

The Death Registers from 3rd April 1914 to 15th June 1943 include a lot more information than earlier information available. The cause of death is listed and where applicable other details such as suicide and inquests. Some deaths can be cross-referenced in the local newspapers of that time as they usually carried the details of Coroners' Reports.