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New York State Board of Charities Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses

Overview of the Records

Creator: New York (State). State Board of Charities
Title: New York (State). State Board of Charities census of inmates in almshouses and poorhouses
Dates: 1875-1921
Quantity: 96.6 cubic feet
Summary: Chapter 140 of the laws of 1875 required public almshouses and poorhouses in New York State to keep records on individual inmates and to send copies of these records to the State Board of Charities each month. Census forms in this series provide information on individual inmates' personal, family, and economic history.
Series Number: A1978
Repository: New York State Archives
Address: New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Arrangement

Series is arranged alphabetically by name of county or city institution, then chronologically by date of census or admission date.

Administrative History

Chapter 140 of the laws of 1875 required almshouses and poorhouses in New York State to keep records on individual inmates and to send copies of these records to the State Board of Charities each month. At a conference of the state's county superintendents of the poor, a committee developed the initial standard form used for census reporting. These forms were used until 1905, when the State Board of Charities introduced a revised version. A form was completed for each inmate upon admission and batches were sent to the Board of Charities monthly as directed by the 1875 statute.

Scope and Content Note

Census forms provide detailed information on almshouse and poorhouse inmates: date admitted (includes admissions from as early as 1828); sex; age; color; marital status; birthplace; last residence (1906-1921 only); how long in the U.S.; how long in the state (New York); at what port landed (1875-1905 only); if "head money" paid (1875-1905 only); if naturalized; when and where naturalized (1906-1921 only); birthplace of father; birthplace of mother; inmate's education (e.g. "read and write";"none"); habits (if temperate or intemperate); habits of father; occupation of father; habits of mother (1875-1905 only); if parents dependent or self-supporting; if grandparents, brother, sisters, and other relatives dependent or self-supporting (1875-1905 only); inmate's occupation; religion (1906-1921 only); if a parent, how many children living (1875-1905 only); health and dependency of children (1875-1905 only); what labor inmate can perform; if inmate has received public relief; if inmate has received private relief; if parents or other relatives have received relief (1875-1905 only); if inmate was previously in an institution; name and address of relatives or friends (1906-1921 only); and prospects for self-sufficiency (1875-1905 only).

Although the series covers the period from 1875 to 1921, some institutions are not documented for the entire time period. Forms from 1875 to the mid 1890s are in bound volumes; later forms are not bound. The census date is not identifiable for these loose forms. They are grouped at the end of each county or city by inmate admission date.



Use of Records

Available Alternate Formats

This series has been microfilmed on 225 rolls and is available for use onsite or through inter-library loan.



Access Terms


Geographic Name: New York (State)

Subject: Almshouses

Subject: Institutional care

Subject: Social service

Subject: Public welfare

Subject: Poor

Genre/Physical Characteristic: Census records

Function: Subsidizing

Function: Monitoring

Detailed Description

Dates Contents Roll
1850-1878 Albany City 1
1878-1883 Albany City 2
1884-1891 Albany City 3
1892-1904 Albany (Albany City Almshouse becomes Albany County Almshouse) 3
1904-1912 Albany 4
1912-1915 Albany 5
1915-1918 Albany 6
1830-1884 Allegany 6
1884-1907 Allegany 7
1907-1920 Allegany 8
1841-1891 Allegany 8
1834-1890 Broome 8
1890-1900 Broome 9
1905-1907 Broome 9
1908-1915 Broome 10
1915-1919 Broome 11
1905-1919 Broome 11
1870-1899 Cattaraugus 11
1899-1917 Cattaraugus 12
1826-1901 Cayuga 13
1901-1910 Cayuga 14
1903, 1912-1914 Cayuga 14
1915 Cayuga 14
1911-1919 Cayuga 14
1918-1919 Cayuga 15
1905, 1910 Cayuga 15
1900-1905 Chautauqua 15
1901-1917 Chautauqua 15
1917-1920 Chautauqua 16
1855-1898 Chemung 16
1898-1907 Chemung 17
1908 Chemung 17
1908-1909 Chemung 17
1909 Chemung 17
1909 Chemung 17
1908-1910 Chemung 17
1910 Chemung 17
1911-1912 Chemung 17
1912 Chemung 17
1912-1913 Chemung 17
1913 Chemung 17
1913-1914 Chemung 17
1914 Chemung 17
1914 Chemung 17
1914 Chemung 18
1915-1918 Chemung 18
1915-1919 Chemung 18
1919 Chemung 18
1919-1920 Chemung 18
1832-1895 Chenango 18
1895-1905 Chenango 19
1900-1905 Chenango 19
1905-1910 Chenango 19
1911-1912 Chenango 19
1912-1913 Chenango 19
1913-1914 Chenango 19
1914-1916 Chenango 19
1914-1919 Chenango 19
1855-1877 Clinton 19
1876-1888 Clinton 20
1884-1903 Clinton 20
1889-1906 Clinton 20
1906-1920 Clinton 21
1848-1891 Columbia 21
1890-1910 Columbia 22
1911-1912 Columbia 22
1913-1918 Columbia 22
1917-1919 Columbia 23
1844-1914 Cortland 23
1914 Cortland 24
1893-1915 Cortland 24
1914-1919 Cortland 24
1845-1890 Delaware 24
1891-1897 Delaware 24
1897-1919 Delaware 24
1918-1919 Delaware 25
1909 Dutchess 25
1909-1911 Dutchess 25
1911-1912 Dutchess 25
1912-1919 Dutchess 25
1864-1876 Poughkeepsie City 25
1899-1900 Poughkeepsie City 25
1901-1902 Poughkeepsie City 26
1901 Poughkeepsie 26
1908-1909 Poughkeepsie 26
1909 Poughkeepsie City 26
1909 Poughkeepsie City 26
1909-1910 Poughkeepsie City 26
1908-1910 Poughkeepsie City 26
1900-1910 Poughkeepsie City 26
1910-1911 Poughkeepsie City 26
1904-1911 Poughkeepsie City 26
1909-1914 Poughkeepsie City 26
1911-1913 Poughkeepsie City 26
1906-1913 Poughkeepsie City 26
1913-1915 Poughkeepsie City 26
1915-1919 Poughkeepsie City 26
1919 Poughkeepsie City 26
1907-1915 Poughkeepsie City 26
1852-1875 Erie 26
1852-1875 Erie 27
1876-1877 Erie 27
1878 Erie 27
1879 Erie 27
1880 Erie 27
1880 Erie 28
1881 Erie 28
1882 Erie 28
1883 Erie 28
1884-1886 Erie 28
1884-1886 Erie 29
1886 Erie 29
1887 Erie 29
1888 Erie 29
1889 Erie 29
1889 Erie 30
1890 Erie 30
1891 Erie 30
1892 Erie 30
1893 Erie 30
1893 Erie 31
1894 Erie 31
1894-1898 Erie 31
1899-1901 Erie 31
1901-1903 Erie 32
1904-1905 Erie 32
1905-1906 Erie 32
1906-1907 Erie 32
1907-1908 Erie 32
1908-1911 Erie 32
1909-1911 Erie 33
1911-1912 Erie 33
1912-1913 Erie 33
1913 Erie 33
1913-1915 Erie 33
1915 Erie 33
1915-1918 Erie 33
1915-1918 Erie 34
1918-1919 Erie 34
1919-1920 Erie 34
1874-1875 Essex 34
1875-1878 Essex 34
1879-1884 Essex 34
1885-1890 Essex 34
1885-1890 Essex 35
1894-1897 Essex 35
1902-1905 Essex 35
1908-1911 Essex 35
1911-1919 Essex 35
undated Essex 35
1831-1878 Franklin 35
1879-1883 Franklin 35
1884-1891 Franklin 35
1892-1904 Franklin 35
1892-1904 Franklin 36
1882-1901 Franklin 36
1905-1910 Franklin 36
1910-1912 Franklin 36
1903-1911 Franklin 36
1912-1914 Franklin 36
1907-1912 Franklin 36
1888-1914 Franklin 36
1914-1918 Franklin 36
1879-1916 Franklin 36
1918-1920 Franklin 36
1912-1917 Franklin 36
1855-1878 Fulton 36
1879-1886 Fulton 36
1887-1891 Fulton 36
1887-1891 Fulton 37
1892-1895 Fulton 37
1895-1898 Fulton 37
1896-1898 Fulton 37
1884-1891 Fulton 37
1905-1914 Fulton 37
1906-1907 Fulton 37
1914 Fulton 37
1914 Fulton 37
1915-1920 Fulton 37
1860-1875 Genesee 37
1876-1887 Genesee 37
1887-1898 Genesee 37
1898-1907 Genesee 38
1907-1913 Genesee 38
1913-1920 Genesee 38
1880-1884 Greene 38
1885-1891 Greene 38
1886 Greene 38
1892-1898 Greene 38
1892-1898 Greene 39
1899 Greene 39
1906-1913 Greene 39
1913-1920 Greene 39
1877-1878 Herkimer 39
1879-1883 Herkimer 39
1884-1888 Herkimer 39
1901-1903 Herkimer 39
1903 Herkimer 39
1908 Herkimer 39
1910-1911 Herkimer 39
1910-1911 Herkimer 40
1912-1913 Herkimer 40
1913-1914 Herkimer 40
1914-1919 Herkimer 40
1919-1920 Herkimer 40
1836-1878 Jefferson 40
1879-1882 Jefferson 41
1883-1888 Jefferson 41
1889-1895 Jefferson 41
1895 Jefferson 41
1895-1896 Jefferson 41
1896-1898 Jefferson 41
1907, 1910 Jefferson 41
1908-1909 Jefferson 41
1909-1910 Jefferson 41
1910-1914 Jefferson 41
1910-1914 Jefferson 42
1914-1919 Jefferson 42
1919 Jefferson 42
1845-1875 Kings 42
1875 Kings 42
1875 Kings 43
1875-1876 Kings 43
1876 Kings 43
1876-1877 Kings 43
1876-1877 Kings 44
1877 Kings 44
1877-1878 Kings 44
1878 Kings 44
1878 Kings 45
1878 Kings 45
1879 Kings 45
1879 Kings 45
1880 Kings 45
1880 Kings 46
1881 Kings 46
1881 Kings 46
1882 Kings 46
1882 Kings 47
1882 Kings 47
1883 Kings 47
1883 Kings 47
1883 Kings 48
1884 Kings 48
1884 Kings 48
1885 Kings 48
1885 Kings 49
1885 Kings 49
1886 Kings 49
1886-1887 Kings 49
1886-1887 Kings 50
1887 Kings 50
1900-1901 Kings 50
1901 Kings 50
1901 Kings 51
1901 Kings 51
1901 Kings 51
1901-1902 Kings 51
1902 Kings 51
1902 Kings 52
1902 Kings 52
1903 Kings 52
1903 Kings 52
1903 Kings 53
1903 Kings 53
1903 Kings 53
1907 January Kings 53
1907 February Kings 53
1907 March-May Kings 53
1907 March-May Kings 54
1907 June Kings and New York City Home for the Aged and Infirm, Brooklyn Division 54
1907 July New York City Home for the Aged and Infirm, Brooklyn Division 54
1907 August New York City Home for the Aged and Infirm, Brooklyn Division 54
1907 September New York City Home for the Aged and Infirm, Brooklyn Division 54
1907 October New York City Home for the Aged and Infirm, Brooklyn Division 54
1907 November New York City Home for the Aged and Infirm, Brooklyn Division 54
1907 November New York City Home for the Aged and Infirm, Brooklyn Division 55
1907 December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 55
1908 January New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 55
1908 February New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 55
1908 March New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 55
1908 April New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 55
1908 May New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 55
1908 June New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 55
1908 June New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 56
1908 July-August New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 56
1908 September-November New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 56
1908 December-1909 March New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 56
1908 December-1909 March New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 57
1909 March New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 57
1909 April New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 57
1909 May-August New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 57
1909 September-November New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 57
1909 September-November New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 58
1909 December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 58
1910 January-April New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 58
1910 May-July New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 58
1910 July-August New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 58
1910 August New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 58
1910 August New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 58
1910 August New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 59
1910 August-September New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 59
1910 September-October New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 59
1910 October-November New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 59
1910 November-December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 59
1910 December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 59
1910 December-1911 January New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 59
1911 January-February New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 59
1911 February New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 59
1911 February New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 59
1911 March-April New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 59
1911 May New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 60
1911 June New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 60
1911 July New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 60
1911 August New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 60
1911 September New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 60
1911 October-November New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 60
1911 December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 60
1912 January-February New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 61
1912 March-May New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 61
1912 June New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 61
1912 July New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 61
1912 August New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 61
1912 September New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 61
1912 October New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 61
1912 November New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 62
1912 December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 62
1913 January New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 62
1913 February New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 62
1913 March New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 62
1913 April New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 62
1913 April New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 63
1913 May New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 63
1913 June New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 63
1913 July New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 63
1913 August New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 63
1913 September New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 63
1913 September New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 63
1913 October-December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 63
1913 October-December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 64
1914 January-February New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 64
1914 March-April New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 64
1914 May New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 64
1914 May New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 65
1914 June-July New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 65
1914 August New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 65
1914 September New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 65
1914 October New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 65
1914 November New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 65
1914 December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 65
1914 December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 66
1915 January New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 66
1915 February New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 66
1915 March New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 66
1915 April New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 66
1915 May New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 66
1915 June New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 66
1915 July New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 66
1915 July New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 67
1915 August New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 67
1915 September New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 67
1915 October New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 67
1915 November New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 67
1915 December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 67
1916 January New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 67
1916 February New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 68
1916 March New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 68
1916 April New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 68
1916 May New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 68
1916 June New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 68
1916 July New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 68
1916 August New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 68
1916 September New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 68
1916 October New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 69
1916 November New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 69
1916 December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 69
1917 January New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 69
1917 February New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 69
1917 March New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 69
1917 April New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 69
1917 May New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 69
1917 May New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 70
1917 June New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 70
1917 July New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 70
1917 August New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 70
1917 September New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 70
1917 October New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 70
1917 November New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 70
1917 December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 70
1918 January-April New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 70
1918 May-December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 70
1918 May-December New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 71
1919 January-November New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 71
1919 December-1920 July New York City Home: Brooklyn Division 71
1875-1882 Lewis 71
1883-1889 Lewis 71
1883-1889 Lewis 72
1889-1897 Lewis 72
1905-1906 Lewis 72
1906-1914 Lewis 72
1875-1878 Livingston 72
1879-1882 Livingston 72
1883-1888 Livingston 73
1877 Livingston 73
1888 Livingston 73
1889-1900 Livingston 73
1903 Livingston 73
1906-1918 Livingston 73
1917 Livingston 73
1919 Livingston 73
1842-1878 Madison 73
1842-1878 Madison 74
1879-1880 Madison 74
1881-1888 Madison 74
1889-1909 Madison 74
1909-1911 Madison 74
1911-1913 Madison 74
1913 Madison 74
1913-1914 Madison 74
1913-1915 Madison 74
1908-1915 Madison 74
1915-1916 Madison 74
1897-1915 Madison 74
1907-1916 Madison 75
1894, 1916 Madison 75
1917-1919 Madison 75
1918-1919 Madison 75
1856-1875 Monroe 75
1876 Monroe 75
1876-1878 Monroe 75
1876-1878 Monroe 76
1879 Monroe 76
1880 Monroe 76
1881 Monroe 76
1882 Monroe 76
1882 Monroe 77
1883 Monroe 77
1887 Monroe 77
1888-1889 Monroe 77
1889 Monroe 77
1889 Monroe 78
1890-1891 Monroe 78
1891 Monroe 78
1892-1893 Monroe 78
1892-1893 Monroe 79
1893 Monroe 79
1894 Monroe 79
1894 Monroe 80
1895 Monroe 80
1896-1897 Monroe 80
1897 Monroe 80
1897 Monroe 81
1897-1899 Monroe 81
1899-1900 Monroe 81
1900 Monroe 81
1905 Monroe 81
1905 Monroe 82
1905-1907 Monroe 82
1907-1908 Monroe 82
1908-1909 Monroe 82
1908-1909 Monroe 83
1909-1911 Monroe 83
1912-1913 Monroe 83
1913-1914 Monroe 83
1914-1915 Monroe 83
1915-1916 Monroe 83
1915-1916 Monroe 84
1917-1919 Monroe 84
1875-1883 Montgomery 84
1884-1891 Montgomery 84
1892-1897 Montgomery 84
1892-1897 Montgomery 85
1898-1899 Montgomery 85
1905-1906 Montgomery 85
1906-1909 Montgomery 85
1909-1912 Montgomery 85
1912-1913 Montgomery 85
1906-1912 Montgomery 85
1913-1919 Montgomery 85
1865-1878 Nassau: Hempstead Town Poor House 85
1878-1890 Nassau: Hempstead Town Poor House 85
1878-1890 Nassau: Hempstead Town Poor House 85
1890-1891 Nassau: Hempstead Town Poor House 85
1895-1907 Nassau: Hempstead Town Poor House 85
1886-1909 Nassau: Hempstead Town Poor House 85
1886-1909 Nassau: Hempstead Town Poor House 86
1910 Nassau: Hempstead Town Poor House 86
1912-1913 Nassau: Hempstead Town Poor House 86
1915 Nassau: Hempstead Town Poor House 86
1913-1919 Nassau: Hempstead Town Poor House 86
1870-1877 North Hempstead and Oyster Bay Town Poor House 86
1877 North Hempstead and Oyster Bay Town Poor House 86
1906-1916 North Hempstead and Oyster Bay Town Poor House 86
1916-1917 North Hempstead and Oyster Bay Town Poor House 86
1917-1919 North Hempstead and Oyster Bay Town Poor House 86
1846-1874 New York City Almshouse (Blackwells Island) 86
1846-1874 New York City Almshouse (Blackwells Island) 87
1875 New York City Almshouse (Blackwells Island) 87
1878 New York City Almshouse; (Blackwells Island) 87
1878 New York City Almshouse (Blackwells Island) 88
1879 New York City Almshouse; (Blackwells Island) 88
1879 New York City Almshouse (Blackwells Island) 88
1880 New York City Almshouse (Blackwells Island) 88
1880 New York City Almshouse (Blackwells Island) 89
1880 New York City Almshouse (Blackwells Island) 89
1881 New York City Almshouse (Blackwells Island) 89
1881 New York City Almshous