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From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <>
Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:01:39 -0400
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That is likely it, Betty. The vital records are very specific, and do
confirm where someone died. There are no microfilmed records at the Cairo
Town Hall however.

Sylvia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Betty Fink" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House


>
> Sylvia. I just finished looking through your site for the vital records
> of
> Cairo. You have Anna Hotaling listed. She died at the Almshouse, and the
> attending physician's name is given there as it was in the information
> that
> we got from the Town Clerk.
>
> I'm wondering if when we went to the Town Clerk the information that they
> gave us was from their vital records and not from records specfic to the
> almshouse.
>
> We just went in and asked about the Almshouse records and said that she
> died
> there. They looked up her name in a book, and went to a film with that
> information. They didn't make a point of telling us whether it was the
> almshouse records or the town's vital records, we just assumed that
> because
> that's what we asked about, that's what we were getting. The fact that
> they
> had the date she entered the almshouse didn't clarify that for us.
>
>
> Betty Fink
> MY Genealogy Page
> http://www.bettyfink.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House
>
>
>> The office is on Main St and in the same building as the Library. I visit
>> the clerk fairly regularly. I am going down to look at the records today.
>>
>> Sylvia
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Betty Fink" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 10:45 AM
>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House
>>
>>
>>>
>>> The place that we went to was not far from the poor house, maybe a mile
>>> up
>>> the road.
>>>
>>> We learned that there was a copy of those records at this office from
>>> the
>>> Durham library, so we went there and we got what we went looking for.
>>>
>>> How long has it been since you've visited the town clerk at Cairo? Is
>>> that
>>> office on Main St., or just off of Main St?
>>>
>>> Betty Fink
>>> MY Genealogy Page
>>> http://www.bettyfink.com
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <>
>>> To: <>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 9:13 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House
>>>
>>>
>>>> Nothing. That's why I am thinking that you are thinking of somewhere
>>>> else.
>>>> New Baltimore has microfilmed records, but they are not in a strip
>>>> mall.
>>>>
>>>> Sylvia
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Betty Fink" <>
>>>> To: <>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 8:49 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> They have nothing on film, not even the vital records?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Betty Fink
>>>>> MY Genealogy Page
>>>>> http://www.bettyfink.com
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <>
>>>>> To: <>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 9:35 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Betty. this was defintely NOT the Cairo Town Clerk. They do not have
>>>>>> any
>>>>>> film or digitized material. Perhaps this was another place?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Betty Fink" <>
>>>>>> To: <>
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 5:59 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sylvia, we went to the clerk's office about 2 years ago.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm going to look a little closer at what you have online but the
>>>>>>> information that we got from the film that they had there was the
>>>>>>> name,
>>>>>>> age,
>>>>>>> date of admission, treatment given and doctor's name, and date of
>>>>>>> death.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not sure, so I'll look to see if we got photocopies or took
>>>>>>> notes
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> the information on the film.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Betty Fink
>>>>>>> MY Genealogy Page
>>>>>>> http://www.bettyfink.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <>
>>>>>>> To: <>
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 2:38 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cairo Almshouse records. OK folks, talked with the Cairo Town
>>>>>>>> Clerk,
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> she
>>>>>>>> is not recalling that she has a register of inmates at the
>>>>>>>> Almshouse.
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> am
>>>>>>>> going down to have a look at the records soon, and confirm whether
>>>>>>>> she
>>>>>>>> does
>>>>>>>> or not.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> However I do have such a register on the Greene Co website. I
>>>>>>>> wonder
>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>> is the register that folks are thinking of?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> See:
>>>>>>>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/almshouse.htm
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Still working on the older books. Time is my enemy!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Betty, if these are not them, can you remember who and where you
>>>>>>>> saw
>>>>>>>> these?
>>>>>>>> The Cairo Town offices are not in a strip mall.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sylvia
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>> From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <>
>>>>>>>> To: <>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 10:29 AM
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Gene, this was news to me too. I will be stopping by and
>>>>>>>>> talking
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> clerk, to see if I can get copies of this material for posting.
>>>>>>>>> Stay
>>>>>>>>> tuned!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Sylvia
>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>> From: "Gene & Eileen Eiklor" <>
>>>>>>>>> To: <>
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 9:42 AM
>>>>>>>>> Subject: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In a series of messages, Betty Fink indicated that the clerks in
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> Alms
>>>>>>>>>> House had some sort of a register of names for the inmantes.
>>>>>>>>>> Does
>>>>>>>>>> anyone
>>>>>>>>>> know how to contact the clerks via mail? How far back do the
>>>>>>>>>> records
>>>>>>>>>> go?
>>>>>>>>>> Was this place also known as the Poor Farm? Thanks, Gene Eiklor
>>>>>>>>>>
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