Fellow listers, > > Does anyone out there live in Pawtucket? > I am looking for some information from the Pawtucket > Library. > They are supposed to have old records from the town > council detailing payment for "indigent burials." > It might be an answer to a missing relative who was > last known to be in the "Little Sisters of the Poor" > in 1902. > After 1902, there are no death records to be found at > all, looked already at state, town, new england > records, you name it. No records period. A mystery. > > Question would be: Do such records exist? (It would be > helpful to know prior to investigating) > Or, any other suggestions? > > Thanks for any help. > James Leach

James - Thanks for mentioning this resource - I hadn't heard of it before. Unfortunately, I don't get to Pawtucket as often as I would like, but they have a great deal of information in their RI room. When you say your relative was in the Little Sisters of the Poor, was she a nun? If she was a nun, she could have transferred to another location the nuns were serving, and that could explain the disappearance. Have you tried contacting the Little Sisters of the Poor, or the diocese of Providence? http://www.dioceseofprovidence.org/vocations/?id=32 There is a Jeanne Jugan residential home in Pawtucket 964 Main Street PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island 02860-4896 According to a listing I found, it is under the NY province of the sisters. I found an email address for information here info@littlesistersofthepoor.org If your relative was not a nun, chances are the little sisters would have had an arrangement to bury their residents somewhere. Someone at the Little Sisters should be able to point you in the right direction. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Leach" <jbird0490@yahoo.com> To: <RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 6:40 PM Subject: [RIGENWEB] Pawtucket request > Fellow listers, > > > > Does anyone out there live in Pawtucket? > > I am looking for some information from the Pawtucket > > Library. > > They are supposed to have old records from the town > > council detailing payment for "indigent burials." > > It might be an answer to a missing relative who was > > last known to be in the "Little Sisters of the Poor" > > in 1902. > > After 1902, there are no death records to be found at > > all, looked already at state, town, new england > > records, you name it. No records period. A mystery. > > > > Question would be: Do such records exist? (It would be > > helpful to know prior to investigating) > > Or, any other suggestions? > > > > Thanks for any help. > > James Leach >