This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: emilygraves05 Surnames: Wilson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/8088/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found an ancestor today listed in the 1870 Baltimore Ward 8, Baltimore, Maryland, census in a household (609 on the census) of hundreds and hundreds of men. Some with wives, both black and white. I am curious as to what kind of place this was. A dormitory of some sort? Public housing? Homeless shelter? I have no idea and am very curious. Here's the link to the page my ancestor is on: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=23283358&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=gr_t15990094_p1628216840_ktidz0q3d15990094z0q26pidz0q3d1628216840z0q26pgz0q3d32811z0q252c32841z0q26pgPLz0q3dtidz0q257cpidz0q26pgPSz0q3d1628216840_h5167523101 If anyone can shed some insight, that would be awesome! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Usually if you back up to the beginning of the list it will tell you where it's from.  --- On Thu, 3/17/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [MD-BALTIMORECITY] 1870 Baltimore Census To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 6:47 PM This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: emilygraves05 Surnames: Wilson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/8088/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found an ancestor today listed in the 1870 Baltimore Ward 8, Baltimore, Maryland, census in a household (609 on the census) of hundreds and hundreds of men. Some with wives, both black and white. I am curious as to what kind of place this was. A dormitory of some sort? Public housing? Homeless shelter? I have no idea and am very curious. Here's the link to the page my ancestor is on: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=23283358&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=gr_t15990094_p1628216840_ktidz0q3d15990094z0q26pidz0q3d1628216840z0q26pgz0q3d32811z0q252c32841z0q26pgPLz0q3dtidz0q257cpidz0q26pgPSz0q3d1628216840_h5167523101 If anyone can shed some insight, that would be awesome! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message