I would like to invite you to visit a new website called The POORHOUSE STORY at http://www.poorhousestory.com Note: This may be where you jump over your brick wall!!!! (See the Letter to Genealogists) It is meant to be a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American Poorhouses. On the WEST VIRGINIA page we have so far included: Information about poorhouses in the following counties: Kanawha Cabell Pleasants Your comments are welcomed ... I am new at this web-publishing business <grin> ... and your comments are NEEDED. The site will only develop through the submissions of folks like you listers. Volunteers are also needed to transcribe existing information for posting. If you are interested in the historical or sociological implications of the poorhouse system, you will find TONS of info to explore. But if your interest is strictly genealogical, you may be most interested in the RECORDS page or the CEMETERY page -- as well as your own State page. Please do NOT respond to me through this list. (I would get FIRED and/or SUED by my ISP if I maintained subscriptions to all the e-mail lists to which I am posting this announcement!) Please respond off-list ... or I may miss your post. Happy Hunting! Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady)