I had relatives that spend time there. I think they sent the TB patients their also -----Original Message----- From: mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of cbeachy Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 3:39 PM To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Allegany County Infirmary Al Feldstein has a book out with lots and lots of pictures of Allegany County. One of them is of "The Allegany County Hospital for the Insane (the Alms House) on Little Valley Road, was enlarged as a county home and later became known as Sylvan Retreat. It was razed in about 1978. I think the new Allegany County Nursing Home was built on the same piece of land. Don't take this to mean your ancestor was insane. Connie > Out the "Valley Road". That is where I've always known it to be. Don't > know the real name of it now or it's exact address, or if it is still there? > It was referred to by several names, "the poor house", "the county home", > "The old peoples home". "the Infirmary". I looked in the phone book and it > there is an "Allegany County Nursing Home listed on Furnace Street extd, but > I'm not sure if that is the same place you are looking for. I've just known > it to be "out the Valley Road". > > Linda Harden-Lantz > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <PATROBISON@aol.com> > To: <MDALLEGA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:39 PM > Subject: [MDALLEGA] Allegany County Infirmary > > > > Can someone give me the location of this Infirmary? Did it have a > > specific > > purpose? One of my ancestor's died there, how would I go about getting > > records? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Pat > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Keep unwanted email out. > Visit www.spamsubtract.com for more information. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message