Just sticking my nose in here for good measure - wouldn't the census image show the name of the institution at the top of the page? If it isn't there, try looking at previous pages for the begining of the prisoner list. Kathi IBSSG Probably incarcerated at Wende State Prison, because the Erie County Correctional Facility hadn't been built out there yet. --- CHARLES SIMONS <CHUCK_SIMONS@msn.com> wrote: > > actual census document accessed via Ancestry.com says > prisoner > > my grandparents had their own still during prohibition days > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cynthia Van Ness<mailto:bettybarcode@yahoo.com> > To: NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:19 PM > Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Alden Prision 1930 > > > I bet the census says she was an "inmate" and not a > "prisoner." > Today we would use the word "patient." She was probably > living > at the Erie County Home and Infirmary in Alden. > > --- CHARLES SIMONS > <chuck_simons@msn.com<mailto:chuck_simons@msn.com>> wrote: > > > one of my relatives was in prison in 1930 . the 1930 > census > > record just says she was a prisoner and the town was Alden > > > > 1. what prison would that be > > > > 2. how would one go about looking up to see what the > person > > was in prison for (though we do have a hunch) > > > > chuck > > > > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > > List Administrator: Dick Rose > <dtrose@cox.net<mailto:dtrose@cox.net>> > > My Genealogy: > http://members.cox.net/dtrose/<http://members.cox.net/dtrose/> > > Archived Messages at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/<http://archiver.rootsweb.com/> > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your > > family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last > 12 > > months. > > Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx> > > > > > > > > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* > Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com > www.buffaloresearch.com<http://www.buffaloresearch.com/> > "My heart is moved by all I cannot save: > So much has been destroyed > I have to cast my lot with those > who, age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary > power, reconstitute the world." -Adrienne Rich > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > List Administrator: Dick Rose > <dtrose@cox.net<mailto:dtrose@cox.net>> > My Genealogy: > http://members.cox.net/dtrose/<http://members.cox.net/dtrose/> > Archived Messages at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/<http://archiver.rootsweb.com/> > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your > family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 > months. > Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx> > > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > My Genealogy: http://members.cox.net/dtrose/ > Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your > family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 > months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com www.buffaloresearch.com "My heart is moved by all I cannot save: So much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who, age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world." -Adrienne Rich ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> My Genealogy: http://members.cox.net/dtrose/ Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=54 29

that is what I would have thought but it was missing for some reason ----- Original Message ----- From: GrlsWthGuitars@aol.com<mailto:GrlsWthGuitars@aol.com> To: NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Alden Prision 1930 Just sticking my nose in here for good measure - wouldn't the census image show the name of the institution at the top of the page? If it isn't there, try looking at previous pages for the begining of the prisoner list. Kathi IBSSG Probably incarcerated at Wende State Prison, because the Erie County Correctional Facility hadn't been built out there yet. --- CHARLES SIMONS <CHUCK_SIMONS@msn.com<mailto:CHUCK_SIMONS@msn.com>> wrote: > > actual census document accessed via Ancestry.com says > prisoner > > my grandparents had their own still during prohibition days > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cynthia Van Ness<mailto:bettybarcode@yahoo.com<mailto:bettybarcode@yahoo.com>> > To: NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:19 PM > Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Alden Prision 1930 > > > I bet the census says she was an "inmate" and not a > "prisoner." > Today we would use the word "patient." 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