We would like to invite you to re-visit our website, The POORHOUSE STORY (a
clearinghouse for information about 19th century American poorhouses) at
http://www.poorhousestory.com
Someone recently reminded us that "Wayne Township Cemeteries, Allen County
Indiana" which was published by Allen County Genealogical Society, Ft.
Wayne, IN. 1982 includes the Allen County Poor Farm cemetery. So we have
just posted a note to that effect on The POORHOUSE STORY. (There is other
Allen County poorhouse information there also.)
We would like to see if we can get permission from the society to publish
that section. (Or, if not, then we would like to give readers purchase
information about the book.) But right now we cannot get the internet link
to the society to work! If anyone can help us with this ... it would be much
appreciated.
DIRECTIONS:
At the homepage (link above) click on POORHOUSES BY STATE, then on INDIANA
on the table of states. If you have been to the website recently you may
have to click REFRESH or RELOAD on the browser to see the new information.
There are other pages on the site which may give you some interesting
perspective on poorhouses. They are off the homepage and include: the
HISTORY page and the LETTER TO GENEALOGISTS as well as FEATURED ARTICLES.
There are great tips for researching poorhouse records for yourself on the
RECORDS page; and you might want to subscribe to our (almost) monthly
newletter (which you can do in the lower right corner of the homepage).
The information on our site will only grow through the submissions of
generous readers. If you would like to e-mail me ... please do so off-list
because I cannot maintain subscriptions to as many lists as we post messages
on. (You can use an e-mail link off one of our web pages.)
We hope you enjoy the site!
Thanks,
Linda Crannell
(aka=The Poorhouse Lady)