Hi Listers, In the past, I have written to the Boston list to tell everyone about the public hospital records on the New Orleans (Orleans Parish) rootsweb site.  I am joining the list again temporarily to remind you that I have just finished May and June.  New Orleans was one of the major ports in the US in the 1850's, and many immigrants as well as Americans from other places in the US found their way to the public hospital when they were sick because they were poor and could not afford to pay for their medical care.  There were patients admitted to the hospital from all over the world.  Even if your ancestors wound in areas further up the Mississippi River, or along the Missouri or Ohio Rivers, you should check the New Orleans site, since many people arrived in New Orleans only to stay a short time and make their way to Kentucky, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri and other parts of the midwest. I am not sure I have written to the list each time I have stopped to post information on the various lists that might be interested in these records (mainly Ireland), so you might want to check all the names Janurary through June (and now part of July) yourself on the following web site: <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans/charity.htm">Charity Hospital Records Orleans Parish Archives - LAGENWEB - USGENWEB</A> or <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans/charity.htm">http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans/charity.htm</A> The URL of the Orelans Parish (New Orleans) rootsweb home page is: <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm">http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm</A> Here are the some names of patients from Boston that appear in May and June in the admission records: Date of Admiss, Date of Death, Date of Disch, Ward, Name, Age, Occupation 23-Jun -- 30-Jun 6 William E. Cunningham 24 Laborer 3-Jun 8-Jun -- 11 Thos Williams 42 Mason 5-May 10-May -- 29 Frederick W. Granger 34 Store Keeper 10-May -- 12-May 24 William H. Smith 23 Painter 15-May -- 7-Jul 34 Eliza Miller 16 24-May -- 2-Jun 12 Richard Thompson 24 Sailor 11-Jun 13-Jun -- 20 Isaac Parker 52 Sea Captain 17-Jun -- 18-Jun 13 Timothey T. Cotter 41 Baker 20-Jun -- 21-Jun 22 John Magee 29 Seaman 29-Jun -- 29-Aug 7 John Morris 39 Sailor Each record also has the place where the person is from, how long he had been in town, marital status, how long sick, the illiness, hour of admission, and remarks. We are very proud of our site - besides these hospital records, we also have posted all the birth, marriage, and death indexes for New Orleans stored at the State Archives in Baton Rouge.  The births cover 1796 - 1901 (the last year possible), the the deaths cover 1804 - 1906 (with more being added daily through 1915), and the marriages cover (1870 - 1905).  We also have complete city directories by name and by address (1805, 1811, 1822, 1832, 1842, and 1851 - 1851 by name only), Civil War draft records that appear in the local papers in the Spring 1865, cemetery records, insane asylum records, tens of thousans of obits and much more. Be sure to check out our web site.  Good luck with your research. Colleen Fitzpatrick CoCoordinator Orleans Parish (New Orleans) Rootsweb Site