Poor Farms

Gearhead · 11-09-2009, 02:13 PM

The postcard of the Ossipee poor farm shows open fields everywhere, but it's now in the middle of a forest. The next time I drive by I'm going to snap a picture for comparison.
GH

tis · 11-09-2009, 04:46 PM

Is the house still there in Ossipee? Where is it?

Argie's Wife · 11-09-2009, 10:32 PM

I believe a part of it is but I'm not 100% sure. I read somewhere that there was a fire but I can't find that resource again... I'll post more when I find it again...

Greenbean · 11-14-2009, 09:37 PM

There was a fire in the late 1800's that took the Ossipee Registery and Courthouse along with the vast majority of written records like deeds, maps, etc. If you want to research a really early deed you can go to Strafford County which was what Carroll County used prior to having their own buildings. So you can search real early stuff or anything post 1880's but not too much from the mid to late 1800's because that was what was lost.

This fire is what makes the large Carroll County Maps more valuable then the other county maps because so many were lost in the county fire.

11-09-2009, 02:13 PM	#1
Gearhead Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alton Posts: 166 Thanks: 13 Thanked 19 Times in 8 Posts	One more thing The postcard of the Ossipee poor farm shows open fields everywhere, but it's now in the middle of a forest. The next time I drive by I'm going to snap a picture for comparison. GH

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11-09-2009, 04:46 PM	#2
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,946 Thanks: 795 Thanked 1,493 Times in 1,040 Posts	Is the house still there in Ossipee? Where is it?

11-09-2009, 10:32 PM	#3
Argie's Wife Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Alton Posts: 1,908 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 533 Thanked 579 Times in 260 Posts	I believe a part of it is but I'm not 100% sure. I read somewhere that there was a fire but I can't find that resource again... I'll post more when I find it again...

11-14-2009, 09:37 PM	#4
Greenbean Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	There was a fire in the late 1800's that took the Ossipee Registery and Courthouse along with the vast majority of written records like deeds, maps, etc. If you want to research a really early deed you can go to Strafford County which was what Carroll County used prior to having their own buildings. So you can search real early stuff or anything post 1880's but not too much from the mid to late 1800's because that was what was lost. This fire is what makes the large Carroll County Maps more valuable then the other county maps because so many were lost in the county fire.