Our research note for June features resources about poorhouses in Minnesota. For example, did you know that the first one was established by Ramsey County in 1854, during Territorial Days? (Minnesota became a state in 1858.) That and other Minnesota research helps can be found at http://www.parkbooks.com/Html/research.html Check it out! Mary Mary Bakeman Park Genealogical Books, publishers of MN Genealogical Journal e-mail mbakeman@parkbooks.com WWW http://www.parkbooks.com/