Did we have any poorhouses in our county? Betty Subj: Request for POORHOUSE Info Date: 04/17/2000 5:04:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: lindac@jump.net (Linda Crannell) To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com Recently I published a website <A HREF="http://poorhousestory.com">http://poor housestory.com</A> , (http://poorhousestory.com) intended to be a clearinghouse for information about all 19th century American poorhouses. Poorhouse records have proven to be a valuable and previously largely untapped source of information about many people who may have been otherwise undocumented in the records we more commonly search to climb over our BRICK WALLS! If, on the above website, you go to the page at <A HREF="http://www.poorhousestory.com/other%20poorhouses.htm">http://www.poor housestory.com/other%20poorhouses.htm</A> (http://www.poorhousestory.com/other%20poorhouses.htm) will see that -- so far I have been unable to find any on-line references to poorhouses in Florida. If any readers know of such records or histories, I would really appreciate help directing researchers to them through the website. Thanks, Linda (aka = The Poorhouse Lady)