tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820176023454345900.post355415506106840357..comments2024-03-27T22:31:02.750-05:00Comments on a3Genealogy: The Poor, Insane, & Abandoned (PIA) Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820176023454345900.post-16184249590004150942021-02-01T21:00:32.744-06:002021-02-01T21:00:32.744-06:00Exactly. All of that can be uncovered in the court...Exactly. All of that can be uncovered in the court records. And newspapers usually printed the county official responsible for setting the funds aside and the amount. And no, not all the residents would have agreed, as one will see with the Haskell Institute in Lawrence where the purpose was for assimilation against their will! Tracing Ancestors, an a3Genealogy Partnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15479631946579184004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820176023454345900.post-23364539164100626452021-02-01T09:44:06.763-06:002021-02-01T09:44:06.763-06:00To judge by county histories and newspaper article...To judge by county histories and newspaper articles of the late 1800s, some counties in the Midwest were quite proud of their poor houses and county children's homes and residential schools. It's hard to know whether the residents of the institutions agreed with those opinions, but there were tax funds set aside for the purpose, and county officials oversaw them.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873605766046172611noreply@blogger.com