Thank you Russ! In a message dated 7/5/03 10:17:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << 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 >>