In my state there is a Coroner/Public administrator who is charged with the disposition of paupers and their meager goods. No death announcements in the paper even, with rare exceptions where the hunt for a relative or something about the death generates a story in the paper. In doing look ups for folks, I have occasionally found that the county buried their relative and put them in touch with the public administrator office directly. So far no feed back, so I don't know what extra information was available to a family member as opposed to just a genealogy helper. I have had pretty good luck in calling the county govt. there too, so would not hesitate to recommend that you give it a try. -----Original Message----- >From: HuneycuttL@missouri.edu >Sent: Apr 18, 2006 2:53 PM >To: OKTULSA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [OKTulsa] Tulsa County poorhouse, ca. 1924 > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EZB.2ACE/1319 > >Message Board Post: > >I've been told, through oral family tradition, that a family member of mine died in the "Tulsa Oklahoma poorhouse" around 1924 and was buried in a pauper's grave by the county. Does anyone know the proper name of an institution that might have been referred to as the town "poor house" and whether death records might be available? Thanks in advance! > > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >