I would like to invite you to explore my new website The POORHOUSE STORY at http://www.poorhousestory.com which is a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American Poorhouses. We currently have information there about poorhouses in Van Buren, Kent, Livingston, Lenawee & Macom counties in MI. We have just posted a link to a story about which we think all genealogy & local history buffs in your area should be concerned! It involved the threatened destruction of the historic Macom County Poorhouse building. We only learned of this story (which was written up 5/8/200)today. If anyone can give us updated information it would be appreciated. You can go directly to the article at http://detnews.com/2000/macomb/0005/09/d05-51329.htm or You can find it on The POORHOUSE STORY site at the NEWS ALERTS page http://www.poorhousestory.com/news_alerts.htm or on the MICHIGAN page http://www.poorhousestory.com/poorhouses_in_michigan.htm IF ANYONE CAN UPDATE US ON HOW THIS IS BEING RESOLVED, please REPLY by e-mail. Hope you enjoy The POORHOUST STORY site. Feel free to post any information you may have about that or any other poorhouse ... either on the MESSAGE BOARD or by e-mailing me. The only way this site will grow to include more WISCONSIN info is by kind folks tipping me off to it!!! <grin> Please don't respond to me on this list. (I would get FIRED or SUED by my ISP if I maintained subscriptions to all the e-mail lists on which I post announcements!! <grin>) Thanks, Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady)