New York State Poorhouses

POORHOUSES by COUNTY

ALBANY	ALLEGANY	BRONX	BROOME	CATTARAUGUS
CAYUGA	CHAUTAUQUA	CHEMUNG	CHENANGO	CLINTON
COLUMBIA	CORTLAND	DELAWARE	DUTCHESS	ERIE
ESSEX	FRANKLIN	FULTON	GENESEE	GREENE
HAMILTON	HERKIMER	JEFFERSON	KINGS-BROOKLYN	LEWIS
LIVINGSTON	MADISON	MONROE	MONTGOMERY	NASSAU
NEW YORK	NIAGARA	ONEIDA	ONONDAGA	ONTARIO
ORANGE	ORLEANS	OSWEGO	OTSEGO	PUTNAM
QUEENS	RENSSELAER	RICHMOND	ROCKLAND	SARATOGA
SCHENECTADY	SCHOHARIE	SCHUYLER	SENECA	ST LAWRENCE
STEUBEN	SUFFOLK	SULLIVAN	TIOGA	TOMPKINS
ULSTER	WARREN	WASHINGTON	WAYNE	WESTCHESTER
WYOMING	YATES

Alms House Admission
Foreigners & Nativity Records with Ships Names
1819( New York City, NY)

Source: Alms House Admission Foreigners & Nativity Records (New York City, NY)
Item 5 LDS Film 1304647 Bond Registers 1819-1840.
Original records in the Municipal Archives, New York, NY

Admission, discharge, census, and housekeeping records
for municipal institutions
(Almshouse, Workhouse, and hospitals)
located on Blackwell's (Welfare) Island.
1758-1953

Source: The Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) which was created by Local Law 49 of 1977, which added a new Chapter 72 to the Charter of The City of New York.

CERTIFICATES of (POORHOUSE) INMATE REGISTRATION
LIST of Microfilm Rolls (by county) available through the NYS Archives

Here is the New York excerpt
from a U.S. Government REPORT
summarizing various state poor laws in 1904. .
Click on the links above for more information.

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Alms House Admission Foreigners & Nativity Records with Ships Names 1819( New York City, NY)

Alms House Admission
Foreigners & Nativity Records with Ships Names
1819( New York City, NY)