Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "George F. Nagle" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:16 PM Subject: RE: [PADAUPHI] ALMSHOUSE > The Dauphin County Almshouse is in pretty much the same location now as when > it was established in the middle of the 1800's: at 28th and Paxton Streets. > Now it is called Dauphin Manor, but it has been called the county poorhouse, > county asylum and county almshouse in the past. Most of what we now call > 28th Street was named "Poorhouse Road" in the late 1800's and early 1900's. > > On the 1875 Swatara Township, Dauphin County map at Bob Maley's > website,(http://maley.net/atlas/) you can see the almshouse, identified as > "County Asylum" by following Paxton Street (not identified, but the road > that leaves the city from the "G" in "Harrisburg") from the city limits due > east. > > County coroner Graham Hetrick recently successfully saved most of the > almshouse cemetery from being lost to construction. It is now marked. > > Records of the county almshouse are at the state archives in Harrisburg, > some on microfilm. Check their holdings here: > http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/ys/r47ys3.htm (scroll down almost to > the bottom) > > George F. Nagle > Editor, Afrolumens Project > http://www.afrolumens.org/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dietrichpa [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] ALMSHOUSE > > > susquehanna twp. !!! Bill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joanne Garner" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 6:17 AM > Subject: [PADAUPHI] ALMSHOUSE > > > > Can anyone tell me the location of the almshouse in Dauphin Co. in 1905 ? > Thanks Joanne > > > > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode > then e-mail [email protected] or > [email protected] with unsubscribe in message. > > > > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > KISS- Keep It Short & Simple > > > > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > Who, Where, When. > A GOOD subject says:...... John SMITH, Arkansas, 1850-1876 > A bad one says: ........ My family > >
Can someone tell me how I can locate the almshouse in the 1900 census ? Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne Garner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 8:17 PM Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] ALMSHOUSE > Thank you. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George F. Nagle" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:16 PM > Subject: RE: [PADAUPHI] ALMSHOUSE > > > > The Dauphin County Almshouse is in pretty much the same location now as > when > > it was established in the middle of the 1800's: at 28th and Paxton > Streets. > > Now it is called Dauphin Manor, but it has been called the county > poorhouse, > > county asylum and county almshouse in the past. Most of what we now call > > 28th Street was named "Poorhouse Road" in the late 1800's and early > 1900's. > > > > On the 1875 Swatara Township, Dauphin County map at Bob Maley's > > website,(http://maley.net/atlas/) you can see the almshouse, identified as > > "County Asylum" by following Paxton Street (not identified, but the road > > that leaves the city from the "G" in "Harrisburg") from the city limits > due > > east. > > > > County coroner Graham Hetrick recently successfully saved most of the > > almshouse cemetery from being lost to construction. It is now marked. > > > > Records of the county almshouse are at the state archives in Harrisburg, > > some on microfilm. Check their holdings here: > > http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/ys/r47ys3.htm (scroll down almost > to > > the bottom) > > > > George F. Nagle > > Editor, Afrolumens Project > > http://www.afrolumens.org/ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dietrichpa [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:32 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] ALMSHOUSE > > > > > > susquehanna twp. !!! Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joanne Garner" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 6:17 AM > > Subject: [PADAUPHI] ALMSHOUSE > > > > > > > Can anyone tell me the location of the almshouse in Dauphin Co. in 1905 > ? > > Thanks Joanne > > > > > > > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > > > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest > mode > > then e-mail [email protected] or > > [email protected] with unsubscribe in message. > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > > KISS- Keep It Short & Simple > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > > Who, Where, When. > > A GOOD subject says:...... John SMITH, Arkansas, 1850-1876 > > A bad one says: ........ My family > > > > > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com > >