Kathleen, Many of the records from Almshouses and Workhouses are in various archives in England. You might try http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/ or http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ Regards.. Marj At 05:10 PM 7/15/2006, Kathleen wrote: >Hi Lorine, > >Do you know of any Almshouse Registries or Almshouse >Records for emigration from England to Canada or to >the U.S., year 1851? Doesn't necessarily have to be >on-line. Any books, too, or microfilm availability >with designation of Almshouse/Poorhouse? > >Did the churches of England (no matter which >denomination) keep records of church and/or >parish-sponsored emigrations for their charitable >sponsorship (with date of departure, etc.) ? Could >passengers emigrate with a group name instead of >individually be listed on a passenger manifest in year >1851? > >A lot of questions, I know... >Thanks much in advance! > >Kathleen Hannum >____________________________________________________________________ > >--- Olive Tree Genealogy <otg@csolve.net> wrote: > >... The Almshouse Records start at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ny_alms1855.htm > >... Also check online ships and links to ships in this > time period starting att > >http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tousa_ny182549.shtml > >... Also see AlmsHouse Registers 1855-1858 - >Information > for each individual includes ship name, date of >arrival, > ports of departure and arrival > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ny_alms1855.htm > > Lorine > > -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze > > * Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists) > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ > * Naturalization Records > http://naturalizationrecords.com/ > * Images of Ships Lists > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > > >==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== >*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ >*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Dear Marj, That's good information to know and follow up on. Thank you - I appreciate your time! Regards, Kathleen Hannum _____________________________________________________ --- Marj Kohli wrote: Kathleen, Many of the records from Almshouses and Workhouses are in various archives in England. You might try http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/ or http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ Regards.. Marj __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com