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Almshouses (also known as poorhouses, or hospital) are charitable housing provided to impoverished people in a community.
Almshouses were originally formed as extensions of the church system and were later adapted by local officials and authorities.
Below are links to online Almshouse records - some free and some pay-to-view. You will also find more links at http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/almshouse/
United States Almshouse Records
New York Almshouse Records 1782-1813. Records contain name of ancestor, date admitted, age, where from or born, complaint [illness], discharged, died, remarks.
Almshouse Records New York 1819-1840
Almshouse Records New York City 1855-1858
Society for Relief of Half-Orphans & Destitute Children 1900, Manhattan New York
Milwaukee County Almshouse & Poor Farm Cemeteries Wisconsin List of Burials 1872-1892; 194-1974 available at http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/almshouse/
Child Apprentices (Orphans & Impoverished Children) in America from Christ's Hospital, London 1617-1778: Child Apprentice
Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Poor House Admissions Index, 1800-1910
Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Poor School Children, 1810-1841
Canada Almshouse Records
Poor Law Union Immigrants England to Canada 1836-1871
Ireland Almshouse Records
Return of Destitute Poor Removed from England to Ireland, from the 1st day of December 1860 till the 1st day of December 1862
Poor Law Union Removals From England to Ireland, 1859-1860
Ireland, Poor Law and Board of Guardian Records, 1839-1920
Ireland, Sustainability Loan Fund, 1812-1868
Ireland, Poor Law Union Removals From England, 1859-1860
UK Almshouse Records
London, England, Poor Law Hospital Admissions and Discharges, 1842-1918
London, England, Poor Law School District Registers, 1852-1918
Leeds Moral & Industrial Training School, Yorkshire, England 1881
Bedfordshire, England, Workhouse and Poor Law Records, 1835-1914
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, Poorhouse Records, 1888-1912
North Lanarkshire, Scotland, Poor Law Applications and Registers, 1849-1917
Swansea and Surrounding Area, Wales, Poor Law Union Records, 1836-1916
Dorset, England, Poor Law Settlement and Removal Records, 1682-1862
Dorset, England, Poor Law Apprenticeship Records, 1623-1898
Medway, Kent, England, Poor Law Union Records, 1836-1937
West Yorkshire, England, Select Removal and Settlement Records, 1689-1866
West Yorkshire, England, Select Poor Law and Township Records, 1663-1914
London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1764-1930
England, Norfolk Poor Law Union Records, 1796-1900
London, England, Selected Poor Law Removal and Settlement Records, 1698-1930
Warwickshire, England, Parish Poor Law, 1546-1904
Dorset, England, Poor Law and Church of England Parish Records, 1511-1997
London, England, Poor Law and Board of Guardian Records, 1738-1926
Thanks, good resources.
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