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• Historic Asylums of America

  Dedicated to the study of historic insane asylums, state hospitals, sanitariums, county homes, medical hospitals, and related institutions.

• The Almshouse Association

• The Old Poor Law 1795-1834

  From the Peel Web.

• The Poorhouse Story

  A clearinghouse for information about 19th Century American Poorhouses for history buffs, genealogists, teachers/students, and others with a similar interest. This is an ongoing project which continually updates information regarding the history and records available about the county poorhouses which dotted the American landscape from the early 1800s through the early 1900s.

  • 19th Century American Poorhouses Message Board

  • Cemetery List

  • History of 19th Century American Poorhouses

  • Records - Poorhouse Records by State