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From: "Poor House Lady" <>
Subject: [PABERKS] POORHOUSE Information
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 21:54:47 -0600


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 some notes about how to find the list of residents of
a poorhouse in the BERKS County 1860 Census. This poorhouse was in Cumru
Township.
Previously we had published a reference to a poorhouse having been located
in Shillington. I am not well versed in how Pennsylvania is divided
geo-politically, but I believe that Shillington is in Reading Township. So
... I believe this census listing in 1860 represents a second location for a
poorhouse in Berks County. Any clarification would be appreciated.


DIRECTIONS:

At the homepage (link above) click on POORHOUSES BY STATE, then on
PENNSYLVANI on the table of states, and finally on BERKS on the table of
counties. If you have been to the website recently you may have to click
REFRESH or RELOAD on the 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
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)


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