Sounds like this website is an exciting project. I have just one minor comment. On the page listing all of the counties of NY, Niagara is misspelled. Cliff Poor House Lady wrote: > I would like to invite you to visit my website called The POORHOUSE STORY > (which is a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American > poorhouses) at http://www.poorhousestory.com > > We have just posted the following: > --- MONTGOMERY county sections of two historic NYS government reports about > poor-relief (1824) and conditions in county poorhouses (1857). > --- (links to) Lists of the poorhouse residents from the 1850, 1860, and > 1870 federal Census reports. > > Note: Montgomery county's letters from local (town) officials in the 1824 > Yates Report give a wonderful overview of the ways poor relief was handled > at that time in NYS and what the prevailing opinions were about the proposed > establishment of a system of county poorhouses. > > If you have never visited the site, > DIRECTIONS: at the homepage (link above)click on POORHOUSES BY STATE and > then click on NEW YORK STATE POORHOUSES and then click on MONTGOMERY on the > table of counties. > > You might also enjoy the following pages (with links off the homepage): > HISTORY and LETTER TO GENEALOGISTS, as well as FEATURED ARTICLES. > > The only way we can expand the material on this site is through submissions > and tips from you readers. So let's see the information from MONTGOMERY > County grow! > > Hope you Enjoy the Site! > > Linda Crannell > (aka=The Poorhouse Lady) > > ==== NYMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Visit the New York State GenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb/ > Montgomery County: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyherkim/ > > ============================== > Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp