The County "Poor House" as you say, was up in Breesport, N.Y. On what still would be known as Route 223, but I'll do some checking to make sure. I have "A. Towner's History, of Chemung Co., has a lot of info about it. It's an amazing 108 year old book!! Alice Hartford ----- Original Message ----- From: billstiles <billstiles@email.msn.com> To: <PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 6:27 PM Subject: [PABRADFO] Poor house > Hi: Did Chemung county have a poor house or home for the indigent? I read a lot of histories and this is a subject not well covered. Any thoughts? > Bill >