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From: "Poor House Lady" <>
Subject: [BOSTON] POORHOUSE Information
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 04:48:40 -0500


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 posted a link to a wonderful article about the Almshouse which
was located on Long Island. The article was published in 1898 and was titled
"Boston's Pauper Institutions."

DIRECTIONS:
At the homepage (link above) click on POORHOUSES BY STATE, then on OTHER
STATES, then on MASSACHUSETTS on the table of states. If you will scroll
down just past the pictures, you will find the link featured in the section
LOCAL NOTES (with a yellow NEW arrow). (NOTE: If you have visited the site
recently, you may have to click on REFRESH on your 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)

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