Hi: I just checked last week on Alms House records here -- St. Joseph's, Erie Alms House, Old Ladies Home, and Home of the Friendless were all county run. The records are currently housed in the basement of the courthouse. I will be making an appointment to search for these records within the next couple of weeks (I live here in Erie) and will also be checking at the Erie Genealogical Society within that period to see if they have anything. Anyone interested in records from these 4 places can e-mail me privately and I will do my best to see if I can find anything for you. When my appointment is made (they require one for basement searches) I will let everyone know. Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: <espowell@juno.com> To: <PAERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:41 AM Subject: Re: [PAERIE] St Joseph's Orphanage > Wasn't it the Sisters of St. Joseph who ran St. Joseph Orphanage? Perhaps > getting in touch with them would lead to any records left. > > I do know that HANDS (Housing and Neighborhood Development Services) > bought the property from the diocese back in the Carter administration > (Roslyn Carter came to the open house) and renovated and added on to > create apartments for senior citizens and handicapped individuals. It had > been empty for something like 20? years... it was a mess! Quite a > renovation project to get it as beautiful as it is today. > > I also know that there are former orphans in Erie. Joe Lucky, I believe, > is one of the people who grew up at St. Joe's. He is a well known fixture > at Gannon University. Perhaps contacting Joe would get you more > information, as he may have already gone this route, or known others who > have. > > Elissa Scalise Powell in sunny Pittsburgh > > On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 09:20:32 -0500 "Fromknecht, Marian" > <Marian.Fromknecht@zurn.com> writes: > > Hello fellow listers > > > > I received a request inquiring about St Joseph's Orphanage requiring > about > > where to obtain any records and if they are even available... I have no > > knowledge on this, but thought perhaps someone here would.... I am > actually > > am quite curious as to this myself. > > > > Thanks once again for the plethora of knowledge on this list! > > > > Marian ~ from not-snowing-anymore-but-still-quite-cold ~ Erie, PA > > :-)) > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.com > > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > To leave PAERIE-L, send mail to PAERIE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave PAERIE-D, do the same thing with PAERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com. > Periodically, messages are received that various viruses are floating around the newslists. While no viruses have yet been transmitted via this board, all readers are strongly encouraged to keep their virus checkers up to date in order to ensure that your computer will not be impacted should this occur. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Joyce: Thanks for your kind offer. One question I have is ......would you know the dates of operation of these homes? Or a place to look them up? I am interested in the period 1850-1875. John Bellman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Anthony" <rainbow@velocity.net> To: <PAERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [PAERIE] St Joseph's Orphanage > Hi: I just checked last week on Alms House records here -- St. Joseph's, > Erie Alms House, Old Ladies Home, and Home of the Friendless were all county > run. The records are currently housed in the basement of the courthouse. I > will be making an appointment to search for these records within the next > couple of weeks (I live here in Erie) and will also be checking at the Erie > Genealogical Society within that period to see if they have anything. > Anyone interested in records from these 4 places can e-mail me privately > and I will do my best to see if I can find anything for you. When my > appointment is made (they require one for basement searches) I will let > everyone know. > Joyce > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <espowell@juno.com> > To: <PAERIE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:41 AM > Subject: Re: [PAERIE] St Joseph's Orphanage > > > > Wasn't it the Sisters of St. Joseph who ran St. Joseph Orphanage? Perhaps > > getting in touch with them would lead to any records left. > > > > I do know that HANDS (Housing and Neighborhood Development Services) > > bought the property from the diocese back in the Carter administration > > (Roslyn Carter came to the open house) and renovated and added on to > > create apartments for senior citizens and handicapped individuals. It had > > been empty for something like 20? years... it was a mess! Quite a > > renovation project to get it as beautiful as it is today. > > > > I also know that there are former orphans in Erie. Joe Lucky, I believe, > > is one of the people who grew up at St. Joe's. He is a well known fixture > > at Gannon University. Perhaps contacting Joe would get you more > > information, as he may have already gone this route, or known others who > > have. > > > > Elissa Scalise Powell in sunny Pittsburgh > > > > On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 09:20:32 -0500 "Fromknecht, Marian" > > <Marian.Fromknecht@zurn.com> writes: > > > Hello fellow listers > > > > > > I received a request inquiring about St Joseph's Orphanage requiring > > about > > > where to obtain any records and if they are even available... I have no > > > knowledge on this, but thought perhaps someone here would.... I am > > actually > > > am quite curious as to this myself. > > > > > > Thanks once again for the plethora of knowledge on this list! > > > > > > Marian ~ from not-snowing-anymore-but-still-quite-cold ~ Erie, PA > > > :-)) > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > > Only $9.95 per month! > > Visit www.juno.com > > > > > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > > To leave PAERIE-L, send mail to PAERIE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the > single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave PAERIE-D, > do the same thing with PAERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com. > > Periodically, messages are received that various viruses are floating > around the newslists. While no viruses have yet been transmitted via this > board, all readers are strongly encouraged to keep their virus checkers up > to date in order to ensure that your computer will not be impacted should > this occur. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > To leave PAERIE-L, send mail to PAERIE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave PAERIE-D, do the same thing with PAERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com. > Periodically, messages are received that various viruses are floating around the newslists. While no viruses have yet been transmitted via this board, all readers are strongly encouraged to keep their virus checkers up to date in order to ensure that your computer will not be impacted should this occur. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >