This came from the Genealogy News - Weekly Edition (30/Dec/2012) today: http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=23767 >>Please when posting a request for information on a Poorhouse you include the Name, Town, County, State or Country if known. It might help another subscribers memory connect, I know I need all the help and direction I can obtain. POOR HOUSES came by many names. Remember the times and don't be offended by some of the names. Here are a few that might help in your search: POOR FARM, WORKHOUSE, SANITARIUM, LUNATIC ASYLUM, CHARITIES INSTITUTION, ALMSHOUSE, ASYLUM for the INSANE, HOSPITAL for the INCURABLES, PAUPERS, ORPHANAGES, INFIRMARY and others. Does any one have another name they could add? Here is a link that might help with names and meanings of names. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poorhouse << Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 Member -Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://www.okgensoc.org/ Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net List Administrator for 45 mail lists. 5 State-Ghost Towns / 11 Oklahoma- / 10/3 Family Surnames / 4 Miscellaneous / Canadian - 12 Province & Territories Ghost Towns lists.