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From: "Betty Fink" <>
Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:54:13 -0400
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It definintely wasn't New Baltimore. It was within a mile or so of the
Almshouse in Cairo.

I will definitely let you know.



Betty Fink
MY Genealogy Page
http://www.bettyfink.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House


> That's defintely not Cairo. I do know that New Baltimore has a reader,
> though. Let me know, I'm dying to know where!
>
> Sylvia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Betty Fink" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House
>
>
>>
>> Ok, for my own peace of mind I have to go back to where we went to get
>> our
>> information to see exactly what office it was. There was definitely a
>> reader or some such piece of equipment and there definitely was film, in
>> fact there were at least two rolls kept beneath that "reader" in the
>> cabinet.
>>
>>
>>
>> Betty Fink
>> MY Genealogy Page
>> http://www.bettyfink.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 8:01 AM
>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cairo Alms House
>>
>>
>>> 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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