OHIO INFIRMARY (POORHOUSE) RECORDS 
by COUNTY

 found at http://www.coshocton.org/kins.htm

THE KINSMAN COURIER VOLUME XVIII #3 FALL 1995 
viii Partial Listing of People Admitted To The Coshocton Co. Ohio Infirmary (Poor House)

THE KINSMAN COURIER VOLUME XVIII #4 WINTER 1995 Coshocton County Chapter Ohio Genealogy Society
 ix. Partial Listing of People Admitted To The Coshocton Co. Ohio Infirmary (Poor House)  

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Lucas County Infirmary Register, Vol.I, 1855-1882 Book 1, 
Mar. 1855-Feb. 1868. Indexed; 98 pages. 
Price $12.00; P&H $2.00; OH residents add $.75 sales tax. 

Lucas County Infirmary Register, Vol. I,1855-1882, Book 2,
Feb. 1868-Mar. 1882.Indexed; 87 pages. 
Price $12.00; P&H $2.00; OH residents add $.75 sales tax.

Lucas County Infirmary Register, Vol. II,1882-1901.
Indexed; 149 pages. 
Price $15.00; P&H $2.00; OH residents add $.94 sales tax.

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found at http://www.genealogy.org/~smoore/marion/poorhous.htm

These two files are extracted from the Marion County Ohio Poorhouse / Infirmary. They include all admissions from 1856, the opening of the poorhouse, through 1888. The entries include date of event (admission, leaving, death, birth), name, age, township, and comments.

Both files contain the same information -- just the order is different. The Poor House records have been microfilmed and are available (on film #1869488) through your local LDS Family History Library. The original record books are in the Ohio Historical Society Library located at 1985 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211.

The files are readable by Adobe Acrobat Reader. Follow this link to Adobe to get your free copy of Acrobat Reader.

[Note: These files are totally AWESOME! One problem: On my browser, the download of either of these files took an incredibly LONG time while I was looking at an empty browser screen and only knew from the sounds my computer was making, that anything was going on. But it was absolutely worth the wait! Don't forget -- you need Acrobat Reader and you can zoom in to enlarge the size for easier reading. PHL]

Alphabetical entries

Entries in date order

Meigs County Infirmary (Ohio). Superintendent. / County Home register of inmates, 1871, 1901-1981. / Columbus : Filmed by the Ohio Historical Society, 1981. / Notes: Microfilm of records located in the Meigs County Court House, Pomeroy, Ohio. Includes surname index. LDS

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OHS microfilm

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[Note: We got a little carried away here! This list has not been limited to only infirmary records.  But there are so many different types of records here which could be helpful to genealogists trying to locate documentation about an ancestor who was poor -- that we felt it would be good to show all of these examples. It is important to realize that records such as these were typically created in almost every county. So if they are not microfilmed or on a list of a given county's holdings; they may actually be there -- but in a box which you will have to go and search for yourself!  Some of these documents may help gain historical perspective on the circumstances under which poverty occurred and the public sentiments with which it was treated.  PHL ]

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO
Local Government Records and Newspapers 

Records are arranged alphabetically by office of origin. County records are listed first, followed by municipalities, school districts and townships. News papers appear at the end of the listing. Click here for information about access to these records.

     AUDITOR
      POOR RELIEF PAYMENTS                     1935-1940     MFM     

     CHILDRENS HOME
DEATH RECORD                             1877-1924     MFM           INDENTURE RECORD                         1868-1908     MFM      MOVEMENT IN AND OUT                      1885-1923     MFM      RECORD OF INMATES                        1867-1928     MFM 3      RECORD OF INMATES INDEX                  1893-1912     MFM      TRUSTEES MINUTES                         1867-1951     MFM 3      UNKNOWN ABANDONED CHILDREN       1884-1910 MFM           

     COMMISSIONERS
      BURIAL RECORD OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS1884-1902     MFM
      COUNTY HOME/INFIRMARY JOURNAL    1913-1937     MFM
      INFIRMARY DIRECTORS MINUTES          1826-1912     MFM 3
      JOURNAL                                  1905-1953     MFM 26
      JOURNAL & RECORD                         1804-1853     MFM
      MARY SCOTT HOME/COLORED INDIGENT POOR 1931          MFM
      MIAMI HOSPITAL CHARITY CASES             1927-1932     MFM
      POOR RELIEF FILES-SCATTERED              1931-1948     MFM
      SOLDIERS RELIEF FILES                    1929-1937     MFM

           COUNTY HOME
      BIRTH AND DEATH RECORD                   1886-1969     MFM
      CENSUS OF DISADVANTAGED                  1892          MFM
      COMMISSARY RECORD-SCATTERED        1922-1957     MFM
      DAILY MOVEMENT OF INMATES                1977-1978     MFM
      DAILY RECORD OF INMATES                  1879-1904     MFM
      DEATH RECORD                             1905-1969     MFM
      EMPLOYMENT RECORD                        1907-1943     MFM
      HOSPITAL REGISTER                        1916-1917     MFM
      INDEX TO REGISTER OF SANE INMATES      *****         MFM
      INFIRMARY AND INSANE RECORD           1829-1890     MFM
      INSANE RECORD-SCATTERED                  1829-1906     MFM
      PAUPERISM STATISTICS-SCATTERED        1891-1900     MFM
      REGISTER OF INMATES                      1888-1892     MFM
      REGISTER OF MEMBERS                      1930-1978     MFM
      REGISTER OF SANE INMATES               1892-1908     MFM        

     SOLDIERS RELIEF COMMISSION
      COMMISSION MINUTES                       1946-1962     MFM 

     TREASURER
      BOARDING OF CHILDREN/AID TO DISABLED 1952-1953     MFM
      EMERGENCY POOR RELIEF PAYMENT RECORD1935-53 MFM 3

     VETERANS SERVICES
      SOLDIERS HOME INMATE RECORD        1867-1888     MFM
      SOLDIERS RELIEF COMMISSION MINUTES 1893-1921     MFM
      SOLDIERS RELIEF PAYMENT RECORD      1890-1896     MFM

    FINANCE DEPARTMENT
      POOR RELIEF FINANCIAL REPORTS            1939-1949     VOL

   HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
      DOOR OF HOPE ASSOC. CONSTITUTION     1911          PAM
      DOOR OF HOPE ASSOC. MINUTES-SCATTERED 1907-40     VOL
      WORKHOUSE ANNUAL REPORT                  1878          PAM
      WORKHOUSE PRISON REGISTER         1876-1956     20 VOLS

     PLANNING DEPARTMENT
      UNEMPLOYMENT/RELIEF STATISTICS   1930-1934     FILE

                       TOWNSHIP-DAYTON      

     CLERK OF TRUSTEES
      INDENTURES AND APPRENTICESHIPS     1838-1883     VOL

                        TOWNSHIP-GERMAN 

     CLERK OF TRUSTEES
      POOR RELIEF RECORD                       1897-1899     VOL

OHS microfilm

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from: http://genforum.genealogy.com/oh/muskingum/messages/233.html

zanesville muskingum co. home today is located at 1400 newark road, zanesville, ohio. telephone #740.454-8561. they could probably help you. only one i have ever heard of around here.

found at http://www.rootsweb.org/~mostlogs/Ohio.htm

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found at http://www.everton.com/GENEALOG/GENEALOG.LOC-OH 

83163187 Perry County, Ohio, infirmary record, 1853-1910.

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OHS microfilm

found at http://www.libraries.wright.edu/staff/dunbar/arch/preble.htm
[Note: We have extracted these from a more comprehensive list.]

PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO
Local Government Records and Newpapers

AUDITOR
INFIRMARY ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS 1934-1950 FILE INFIRMARY ANNUAL REPORTS 1920-1940 FILE
INFIRMARY SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS 1912-1919 FILE

COMMISSIONERS
INFIRMARY JOURNAL 1906-1927 2 VOLS

COUNTY HOME
ANNUAL REPORTS TO AID FOR AGED 1940-1941 FILE
BLANK INFIRMARY FORMS ***** FILE
CENSUS CERTIFICATES 1903 2 FLDRS CONTRACTS-SCATTERED 1879-1940 FILES
DAILY POPULATION MOVEMENT 1937-1950 4 FILES DIRECTORS MINUTES 1892-1906 VOL
MEDICAL REPORTS 1877-1897 FILE
MISC. ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS 1860-1942 FILE
MISC. CORRESPONDENCE 1881-1903 FILE
MISC. FINANCIAL RECORDS 1886-1940 FILE
OUTSIDE RELIEF CENSUS REPORTS 1901-1904 2 FLDRS PAUPERISM STATISTICS-SCATTERED 1882-1906 3 FILES RECEIPTS & EXPENDITURES-SCATTERED 1892-1957 4 VOLS RECORD OF INMATES 1838-1904 MFM
REGISTER OF INMATES 1838-1904 2 VOLS
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS INMATES/INFIRMARY 1889-1905 3 FILES
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS OF DIRECTORS 1886-1901 7 FILES SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS SUPERINTENDENT 1883-1904 3 FILES SUPERINTENDENTS ANNUAL REPORTS (COUNTY) 1933-1941 2 FILES
SUPERINTENDENTS ANNUAL REPORTS (OHIO) 1887-1904 3 FILES
SUPERINTENDENTS RESERVE FUND LEDGERS 1867-1902 HOL BOX
VISITORS REGISTER 1884-1962 2 VOLS

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OHS microfilm

Summit County, Ohio Infirmary Burial & Miscellaneous Records 1916-1952   $ 7.50 ppd $ .29 tax

This book is printed in four sections and each section is printed in alphabetical order. Included are: SECTION 1: County Burials at the County Infirmary. SECTION 2: Akron City burials at the County Infirmary.(some of these deaths will not be found in other County Records). SECTION 3: some Admittance Records. SECTION 4: an Addendum listing "Dispositions" of bodies to the Western Reserve School of Medicine or other such schools. 8 1/2 x 11", soft cover, spiral bound, 50 pp, published 1992.

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