We would like to invite you to visit The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American poorhouses)at http://www.poorhousestory.com There we have just posted the following: CHAMPAIGN County Farm Burials (1890 - 1931) Note: These two pages take a while to load, but they are well worth the time. "This was transcribed by Tom Whiteside, who was working on this when he died. I was in the archives of the Urbana Library one day and I mentioned about your site and how you wanted records to do with Poor Houses. The Librarian said Tom had been working on this for Urbana and Champaign,Ill. She got a copy for me and this is what he had completed. He got most of his information from books and from undertakers' records. Tom did a lot of research, and he loved doing it! .He would be happy that someone could benefit from it. I understand that The Poor House is now Champaign County Nursing Home and that behind the home was the burial grounds. They have a plaque there telling what it used to be." Sharon Hansen khansen@soltec.net DIRECTIONS: At the homepage (link above)please click on POORHOUSES BY STATE and then click on ILLINOIS on the table of states. Then scroll WAAAAAAY down to the bottom of the page where we have the section for CEMETERIES. You will see this entry marked with a big yellow NEW arrow. Note: If you have visited the ULSTER County page recently, you may need to click REFRESH on your browser to see the new material.) There are some other pages on the site which may help you better understand poorhouses. They are all linked (to the left)off the homepage and include: HISTORY, LETTER TO GENEALOGISTS, and FEATURED ARTICLES. You may want to also review the ARCHIVED NEWSLETTERS to get an overview of what has been posted on the website and what some of our issues have been. The only way the material on the website will grow is through the suggestions and submissions of kind readers like you! So if you would like to e-mail me, PLEASE do so OFF-list using an e-mail link from our website. (I cannot maintain subscriptions to all the lists to which we make announcements.) Hope you enjoy the site! Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady)
Thanks Linda! I'll add a link to the Champaign County, ILGenWeb website. Celia >We would like to invite you to visit The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse >for information about 19th century American poorhouses)at >http://www.poorhousestory.com > >There we have just posted the following: > >CHAMPAIGN County Farm Burials (1890 - 1931) >Note: These two pages take a while to load, but they are well worth the >time. > >"This was transcribed by Tom Whiteside, who was working on this when he >died. I was in the archives of the Urbana Library one day and I mentioned >about your site and how you wanted records to do with Poor Houses. The >Librarian said Tom had been working on this for Urbana and Champaign,Ill. >She got a copy for me and this is what he had completed. He got most of his >information from books and from undertakers' records. Tom did a lot of >research, and he loved doing it! .He would be happy that someone could >benefit from it. I understand that The Poor House is now Champaign County >Nursing Home and that behind the home was the burial grounds. They have a >plaque there telling what it used to be." > Sharon Hansen khansen@soltec.net > >DIRECTIONS: >At the homepage (link above)please click on POORHOUSES BY STATE and then >click on ILLINOIS on the table of states. >Then scroll WAAAAAAY down to the bottom of the page where we have the >section for CEMETERIES. >You will see this entry marked with a big yellow NEW arrow. >Note: If you have visited the ULSTER County page recently, you may need to >click REFRESH on your browser to see the new material.) > > >There are some other pages on the site which may help you better understand >poorhouses. They are all linked (to the left)off the homepage and include: >HISTORY, LETTER TO GENEALOGISTS, and FEATURED ARTICLES. You may want to also >review the ARCHIVED NEWSLETTERS to get an overview of what has been posted >on the website and what some of our issues have been. > >The only way the material on the website will grow is through the >suggestions and submissions of kind readers like you! >So if you would like to e-mail me, PLEASE do so OFF-list using an e-mail >link from our website. (I cannot maintain subscriptions to all the lists to >which we make announcements.) > >Hope you enjoy the site! > >Linda Crannell >(aka=The Poorhouse Lady)