This site has information on Poor Houses, Infirmaries, etc. Jerry -----Original Message----- From: Barb Marshall [mailto:marchado@pacbell.net] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 4:28 PM To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Re: Places to look for ancestors names Where can these records be found? Are they in Probate Court? Barb Marshall PasaPeruva@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 1/2/04 8:10:39 AM US Mountain Standard Time, > VAROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Has anybody gone through the Records of Commitment for The Insane? No > kidding. These records often give names of relatives, doctors, neighbors. > Often you can find a copy of the petition for hearing and commitment. > This can give you a real insight into the families and individuals who > often were called on to give witness to the person's condition. > There are also the Poor House records where older people are put when no one > wants to care for them. Kind of like what happens to older people put into a > nursing home these days. I know that I have found some of my ancestors listed > in the Henry Co.,IN Poor House listings. They could even put orphans there > and work in the farm end of things and ease the salary paying end of things, > they earn their keep that way. Beej > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

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