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The Paper People of Lichfield (Part 1 of 10)
Were the Actons of Lichfield a real family—or administrative aliases for pauper children processed by the Church? We begin uncovering the paper people.
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Throughput by Design (Part 2 of 10)
Bastardy bonds and illegitimacy shaped the Lichfield Actons. Were they a family — or simply a surname assigned to pauper children for recordkeeping ease?
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The Actons of Lichfield: Bloodline or Brand? (Part 3 of 10)
Dozens of Actons appear in Lichfield parish records, but few can be reliably linked. Is this a family — or a brand assigned to pauper children by the system?
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Surplus by Design (Part 4 of 10)
Lichfield’s pauper children weren’t accidental. They were surplus by design — managed through the Poor Law as labor, ledger entries, and institutional throughput.
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From Ledger to Lockup (Part 5 of 10)
When pauper children grew up, they became problems. Lichfield’s Actons show how names assigned for throughput ended in prison, asylum, or oblivion.
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Ghosts in the Tree (Part 6 of 10)
The Actons of Lichfield may never have existed as a family. Their name was reused across pauper children. Genealogy meets identity fraud — by design.
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The Throughput Machine (Part 7 of 10)
The poor weren’t cared for. They were processed. Church, Crown, and economy fed on pauper children. Lichfield’s Actons reveal a machine, not a family.
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Citizen Erased (Part VIII) – What Freedom Looks Like Now
Freedom isn’t found in paperless systems or platform compliance. After centuries of recordkeeping, throughput, and control, real freedom is outside the grid.
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Citizen Erased (Part VII) – From Parish Register to Digital ID – A Timeline of Control
From baptismal books to biometric databases, recordkeeping has evolved in form but not in function—its goal has always been to monitor, manage, and mould populations.
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Citizen Erased (Part VI) – Agenda 2030 & the Great Reset – The Return to Serfdom?
After a brief postwar break from the cycle of control, modern governance is returning populations to digital dependency, framed as sustainability and equity.
