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
We have just published a picture postcard which is labeled: County
Infirmary, Brownstown, Ind.
I went to the internet to find out what county Brownstown was in. Lo &
Behold! I found populated places named Brownstown in TWO counties in
Indiana: Crawford and Jackson. Now what was I supposed to do?! It looks
like Brownstown may be the county seat for Jackson County. Soooo....I have
posted it as though it's in Jackson County. If I am wrong ... or if you are
CERTAIN this IS the one for Jackson County ... PLEASE reply!
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.
You will find the link to this picture at the bottom of picture links just
below the top of the page.
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
newsletter (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)