We maintain the Michigan Marriage Index Database that has the following records: NAME,SPOUSE,COUNTY,DATE,DOCUMENT,INFO ============================================= ALEXIS - POUPARD,ADELINE - NADEAU,MONROE,07 NOV 1865,---,--- ANDREW - LAFLEUR/POUPARD,THEOTISTE - NADEAU,MONROE,19 OCT 1819,---,--- CATHERINE - LAFLEUR~POUPARD,JOSEPH MARY GAILLARD,MONROE,06 NOV 1832,---,--- CATHERINE - LAFLEUR~POUPARD,JOHN BAPTIST PELTIER,MONROE,17 AUG 1825,-,-- CHARLES - POUPARD,MONICA - COULAY,MONROE,28 JUN 1846,---,--- EDWARD - POUPARD,CATHERINE - HODIENNE,MONROE,15 OCT 1850,---,--- FRANCIS - POUPARD,SUSANNE GENEVEVA NAVARRE,MONROE,03 OCT 1893,---,--- GABRIEL - POUPARD,ARCHANGE - DUVAL,MONROE,03 FEB 1845,---,--- JULIA - POUPARD,IGNATIUS - DUVAL,MONROE,16 SEP 1845,---,--- MARIE - POUPARD,CHARLES - BOULAY,MONROE,00 XXX 1849,---,--- MARY - POUPARD,ANTHONY - JACOB,MONROE,24 JUL 1848,---,--- MOISES - POUPARD,MONICA - ROBERT,MONROE,20 FEB 1849,---,--- PAULINE - POUPARD,NOEL - GAILLARD,MONROE,21 OCT 1845,---,--- PETER CYPRIAN POUPARD,ARCHANGE - GUY,MONROE,18 OCT 1825,---,--- RICHARD - POUPARD,HATTIE - JARVIS,MONROE,26 SEP 1895,---,--- UNKNOWN - POUPARD,CATHERINE - O'DINNE,MONROE,15 OCT 1850,---,--- Perhaps this will provide some leads. Also, there is a researcher that does a lot of work on Poorhouses. We don't have her email address but she identifies herself as the Poorhouse Lady. Also, don't think that the indiviuals that lived at the poor houses were inmates, they were residents because they could not afford to live anyplace else. Jack & Marianne Dibean - Lansing Michigan Marriage Index Links http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/ ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com