I, too, did some searches in the `1910 index and had some come up as "INMA" It could be inmate...Poor houses in Ohio were "infirmaries" and their residents were "inmates" , but I came up with so many; I'm wondering if that is not the right answer. Inmates, whether of a jail, insane asylum, infirmary, or whatever, were such a small percentage of the population. Nancy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/