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>

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