There was a poor house in Treverton and one in Sunbury there may of been others. I heard my grandma talk about the Poor house in Sunbury. The one in Treverton may still be there it was called this in 1956 and my great great grandma died there. Institutional District Home "Treverton Manor" Treverton Road, Northumberland County PA I think it is still there. As a home for the aging. Do you know the person who was in one if it was one of these years 1900/1910/1920/1930 they would show up in the poor home in a census count. And possibly earlier 1850/1860/1870/1880? I can only look up 1860/1870/1880/1900/1910/1920. Jeanie -------- We would like to invite you to re-visit our website, The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American poorhouses) at http://www.poorhousestory.com We have just published information about how to find the complete list of staff and inmates of The Philadelphia Almshouse in the Blockly Township portion of the 1850 Census in Ancestry.com's Images Online. DIRECTIONS: At the homepage (link above) click on POORHOUSES BY STATE, then on PHILADELPHIA on the table of states. You can find the information either on the PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN BOARD (link at the bottom of the state page ... below the list of links to county pages) or on the page for PHILADELPHIA County. If you have been to the website recently you may have to click REFRESH or RELOAD on the browser to see the new information. There are other pages on the site which may give you some interesting perspective on poorhouses. They are off the homepage and include: the HISTORY page and the LETTER TO GENEALOGISTS (which explains why you might climb over your own "brick walls" at the poorhouse) as well as FEATURED ARTICLES. There are great tips for researching poorhouse records for yourself on the RECORDS page; and you might want to subscribe to our (almost) monthly newsletter (which you can do in the lower right corner of the homepage). The information on our site will only grow through the submissions of generous readers. If you would like to e-mail me ... please do so off-list because I cannot maintain subscriptions to as many lists as we post messages on. (You can use an e-mail link off one of our web pages.) We hope you enjoy the site! Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady) > Hi, > > Has anyone ever seen anything relating to a "poor house" either in Shamokin, PA or one of the surrounding areas in Notrhumberland County? > > Thanks, > > Kitty > >