County Home Collections and Archives

Genesee County Home/Poorhouse Records

• Housed: History Department's County Archives
• Inventoried: 2005
• Genesee County Historian & RMO: Susan L. Conklin

Records Pertaining to the Genesee County Home

• Retention Schedule Number: 21.[634] = Register or equivalent Summary Record Listing Residents of County Poor House or Alms House
• Dates: 1820-1975
• Volumes: 6 Cubic Feet and 17 Books
• Condition: Good Condition
• Location: Archives (see listing)

Includes: Correspondence, receipts, inventories, account ledgers, immigrants, lists, copies of legislative proceedings, financial records, reports, copies of orders and purchases for paupers. File folder headings listing included.

Historical Value: Documents care levels, facility development, County Farm growth, and social reform changes.

Cubic Foot Storage:

Associated Information:

Doc. Box 3A:

• File Folder Headings: Denials – 1853, Forms – Samples of Blank Applications for Admission, Inventories of Inmates’ Personal Property, Letters (Adoption Request / Letters Concerning Children of County Home 1830-1866, Declaring Individuals Insane A-Z, Lists Individual Letters of Request/ Orders A-D, Lists Individual Letters of Request/ Orders E-K, Lists Individual Letters of Request/ Orders L-S, Lists Individual Letters of Request/ Orders T-Z, Miscellaneous Letters, Miscellaneous Letters 1852-1857, Miscellaneous Letters ca. 1860’s, Miscellaneous Letters 1860-1867, Miscellaneous Letters A-M, Miscellaneous Letters N-Z 1 of 2, Miscellaneous Letters N-Z 2 of 2)

Doc. Box 3B:

• File Folder Headings: Account Ledgers (1847 – 1853, 1850’s, 1954-1955 – Individual Accounts & 1954-1965 – Farm Record), Immigrants (Fed and Sheltered at County Home 1855-1859, Fed and Sheltered at County Home 1860-1862, Maciura, Anastazia [see – Tecanook, Dominic], Naturalization Lists 1920-1929, Naturalization Lists 1930-1939, Naturalization Lists 1940-1941, Naturalization Lists – No Dates, “Ship List” [Marine List] 1852-1864, Tecanook, Dominic [see Maciura, Anastazia]), Lists (Forms of Account to be kept by the Overseers of the Poor 1850-1873 / 1 of 2, Forms of Account to be kept by the Overseers of the Poor 1873-1886 / 2 of 2, Home Relief 1950 / 1 of 2, Home Relief 1950 / 2 of 2, Infirmary 1972-1974, “In Institution” 1948-1953, “In Institution” 1969-1974, Lunatics 1846-1866, Mortuary 1948-1974, “Orders Drawn at the Poor House” 1841-1866, Paupers 1877-1878 [names, ages, causes of pauperism], Paupers Assisted Only 1847-1872, Paupers Fed and Sheltered 1855-1894 [Many years are missing – bulk 1870’s], Paupers kept at Poor House – Amount of Time & Expenses of Towns 1841-1862, Paupers and Private Boarders in County Poor House 1841-1867, Paupers that Resided at the County Home 1851-1872, Paupers by Town 1839-1854, Statistics of poor Persons Relieved November 1901- October 1902, Tramp Account 1876 & 1880, Transient Persons 1872, 1877-1878, Transients 1967-1973, Transportation Orders (With Names 1843-1867, Without Names 1901 & 1902))

Doc. Box 3C:

• File Folder Headings: Medical Services (Examinations/Declarations of Individual Lunatics A-Z 1835-1902, Receipts for Overall Services Rendered by Physicians A-Z, Receipts for Services Rendered to Individuals A-M (1 of 3), Receipts for Services Rendered to Individuals A-M (2 of 3), Receipts for Services Rendered to Individuals A-M (3 of 3), Receipts for Services Rendered to Individuals N-Z (1 of 2), Receipts for Services Rendered to Individuals N-Z (2 of 2), Receipts for Services Rendered to Various Individuals 1828-1901 (1of 2), Receipts for Services Rendered to Various Individuals 1828-1901 (2of 2)), Paper written by Craig A. Duncan – A Historical Perspective of the Genesee County Nursing Home(copy is located within the Research Library) (Illustrations, Research Notes and Outline for Manuscript, Research – Public Welfare in New York State 1609-1866 (copy), Research – Public Welfare in New York State 1867-1940 (copy)), Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors (1802-1948 [Digest], 1849, 1910-1925, 1926-1930, 1931-1935, 1936-1945, 1946-1955, 1956-1965, 1966-1975), Property (Deeds, Gas Well Lease 1912, Insurance Policies, Inventory of County Home Property 1844, 1845, 1859, 1862 & 1867, Livestock Purchases 1855, 1862 & 1867, Specifications for Alterations to County Home 1931, Specifications for Dairy & Horse Barn and Milk House 1928), Reports (Inspection by New York State Board of Charities 1912-1916, Inspection by New York State Department of Agriculture 1913, Movement of Patients 1961-1973, New York State Department of Social Welfare 1948-1953 [Monthly Summary], Produce Sold by County Farm 1839-1866-1902, Superintendents of the Poor 1838-1859, Superintendents of the Poor 1860-1902 (* Not every year is included))

Doc. Box 3D:

• File Folder Headings: Financial Records (Audits (General Audited Account Lists 1830-1870, General Audited Account Lists 1871-1903, Town Audited Accounts and Receipts), Care / Relief & Lodging of Individual Paupers (Dates Unknown, 1820’s-1830’2, 1840’s (1 of 2), 1840’s (2 of 2), 1850’s, 1860’s (1 0f 2), 1860’s (2 of 2), 1870’s, 1880-1900’s), Cash Receipts & Orders 1836-1874, Coffins Purchased and Individual Burial Information A-Z (Receipts for), Food & Food Stuff Purchased (Receipts) (Dates Unknown, 1820’s-1830’2, 1840’s, 1850’s (1 of 2), 1850’s (2 of 2), 1860’s (1 0f 3), 1860’s (2 of 3), 1860’s (3 of 3), 1870’s, 1880-1900’s, Funds and Securities Held in Trust 1884)

Doc. Box 3E:

• File Folder Headings: Financial Records (Continued) (1860’s (2 of 2), 1870’s, 1880-1900, Payments Paid by Keeper to Paupers – Misc. Accounting Records, Payment Receipts to Individuals for goods 1835 – 1869 and Misc. Relief to Unknown Paupers 1835-1900, Payment Receipts to Individuals for Goods 1870’s – 1900’s, Payment Receipts to Individuals for Goods 1890 - 1893, Payment Receipts to Individuals for Merchandise 1869-1873, Payment Requests to Poor-masters for payment 1836, Minute Books (Agreements, Reports and Minutes 1877-1900, 1917-1922, 1922-1927)

Doc. Box 3F:

• File Folder Headings: Financial Records (Large Orders Purchased (Receipts for) (Dates Unknown, 1820’s, 1830’s (1 of 2), 1830’s (2 of 2), 1840’s (1 of 3), 1840’s (2 of 3), 1840’s (3 of 3), 1850’s (1 of 2), 1850’s (2 of 2), 1860’s (1 of 4), 1860’s (2 of 4), 1860’s (3 of 4), 1860’s (4 of 4), 1870’s (1 of 2), 1870’s (2 of 2), 1880’s, 1890’s, 1900’s), Lodging & Care for Various Paupers (Receipts for) (Dates Unknown, 1820’s-1830’s, 1840’s, 1850’s, 1860’s, 1870’s, 1880-1900’s)

Doc. Box 3G:

• File Folder Headings: Financial Records (Singular Items and Small Orders Purchased (Receipts for) (Dates Unknown, 1820’s-1830’s, 1840’s (1 of 2), 1840’s (2 of 2), 1850’s (1 of 2), 1850’s (2 of 2), 1860’s (1 of 3), 1860’s (2 of 3), 1860’s (3 of 3), 1870’s (1 of 2), 1870’s (2 of 2), 1880-1900, Unknown Services Rendered 1834-1902 (Receipts for) and Receipts for Unknown Articles Furnished 1834-1862, Various Services / Purchases Made for Various Paupers (Dates Unknown, 1820’s-1830’s, 1840’s, 1850’s, 1860’s (1 of 2), 1860’s (2 of 2), 1870’s, 1880’s, 1890’s, 1900’s), Vouchers)