I suspect poorhouse is a good guess. There is an excellent site of poorhouse records you can research - the 'poorhouse lady' maintains it. Go to google.com and search 'poorhouse lady' and it will list the link. Good luck! Russ Sprague Kensington, Maryland -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 9:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Women's Relief Camp Home in Chenango Co. Thank you Jan! In a message dated 7/4/03 8:59:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << That would PROBABLY be a "home" for the indigent and/or the elderly women. A "Poor House". Jan T >> ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== Northern New York History and Genealogy www.nnygenealogy.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237