Newly released: Ulster Co., NY Poorhouse records in New Paltz, NY. The Ulster County Poorhouse was active in New Paltz NY from 1828-1976. Residents included the indigent, destitute, insane, intemperate, transient farm workers, freed slaves, unemployed canal and aqueduct builders, "debauched" women, unwed mothers, the friendless, the elderly, the disabled and the sick http://ulstercountyny.gov/poorhouse BACKSTORY: In 1824, New York State passed a law requiring that every county build a poorhouse. Just imagine, this was before the major influx of immigrants to NY Harbor. As was SOP with poorhouse/almshouse populations, including Blackwell's Island in NYC, criminally insane, poor and children were all clumped together. ADMITTANCE RECORDS: http://ulstercountyny.gov/poorhouse/background CEMETERY BURIALS: Some 2500 persons were interred at the Ulster Co. Poohouse Cemetery, but may exclude some who died as residents. These " records were compiled from County Hall of Records, the New Paltz Town Clerk's office, the Huguenot Historical Society records and various newspaper accounts from the Haviland-Herdgard Historical Collection at the Elting Library." You can search burials by surname, two ways. Method 1 A-F: http://interment.net/data/us/ny/ulster/ulster-county-poorhouse-cemetery-records-a-f.htm G-O: http://interment.net/data/us/ny/ulster/ulster-county-poorhouse-cemetery-records-g-o.htm P-Z: http://interment.net/data/us/ny/ulster/ulster-county-poorhouse-cemetery-records-p-z.htm Method 2 http://ulstercountyny.gov/poorhouse/burial-records To search for Poorhouses in NYS and other states, check here. NYS Poorhouses: http://www.poorhousestory.com/new_york_poorhouses.htm USA Poorhouses: http://www.poorhousestory.com/other_poorhouses.htm Barb MizScarlettNY@ aol.com