Thought this might be of help to some. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 2:01 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Co. Down to New Orleans in the 1850s - Online Public Hospital Records > Hi Listers, > > In the past, I have written to the Co. Down 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 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. > > If you have missed my past announcements regarding earlier months of 1851, > 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.r ootsweb.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 Co. Down that appeared in May and > June in the admission records: > > Date of Admiss, Date of Death, Date of Disch, Ward, Name, Age, Occupation > > 12-May 12-May -- 13 Charles Cayton 27 Laborer > 18-May -- 14-Jul 33 John Russell 30 Seaman > 20-May -- 31-May 9 Henry Crangle 46 Laborer > 22-May -- 26-May 31 Chas Barry 29 StBtman > 25-May -- 14-Jun 12 Patrick Curran 35 Blacksmith > 26-May -- 29-May 37 Bridget Gaffy 18 > 5-Jun 30-Mar -- 27 John Dargin 40 Laborer > 8-Jun -- 14-Jun 12 Thos Bell 23 Laborer > 10-Jun -- 20-Jun 21 Thos Blaney 30 Laborer > 11-Jun -- 26-Jun 35 Alice McQuaid born McConville 40 > 12-Jun -- 24-Jun 6 James Forgay 53 Laborer > 14-Jun -- 20-Jun 23 Hugh O'Hara 37 Laborer > 14-Jun -- 20-Jun 12 James Rogan 25 Laborer > 19-Jun -- 26-Jun 24 William Dogherty 23 Blacksmith > 22-Jun -- 30-Jun 32 William Cully 28 Gardener > 25-Jun -- 26-Jun 36 Bridget Murphy born Owens 32 > 16-Jun -- ----- 7 William Robertson -- See Page 45.*, 24 Jan > 1851. > 7-May -- 23-May 31 Patrick Hughes 21 See page 138.**** - 15 Apr & > 28 Apr > 26-Jun -- 7-Aug 25 Hugh Gunning 30 Laborer > > 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 > > ______________________________