I would like to invite you to explore my new website The POORHOUSE STORY at
http://www.poorhousestory.com which is a clearinghouse for information about
19th century American Poorhouses. We currently have information there about
poorhouses in Van Buren, Kent, Livingston, Lenawee & Macom counties in MI.
We have just posted a link to a story about which we think all genealogy &
local history buffs in your area should be concerned! It involved the
threatened destruction of the historic Macom County Poorhouse building. We
only learned of this story (which was written up 5/8/200)today. If anyone
can give us updated information it would be appreciated. You can go directly
to the article at
http://detnews.com/2000/macomb/0005/09/d05-51329.htm
or
You can find it on The POORHOUSE STORY site at the NEWS ALERTS page
http://www.poorhousestory.com/news_alerts.htm
or on the MICHIGAN page
http://www.poorhousestory.com/poorhouses_in_michigan.htm
IF ANYONE CAN UPDATE US ON HOW THIS IS BEING RESOLVED, please REPLY by
e-mail.
Hope you enjoy The POORHOUST STORY site. Feel free to post any information
you may have about that or any other poorhouse ... either on the MESSAGE
BOARD or by e-mailing me. The only way this site will grow to include more
WISCONSIN info is by kind folks tipping me off to it!!! <grin>
Please don't respond to me on this list. (I would get FIRED or SUED by my
ISP if I maintained subscriptions to all the e-mail lists on which I post
announcements!! <grin>)
Thanks,
Linda Crannell
(aka=The Poorhouse Lady)