Demystifying the Livingston County Poorhouse

Demystifying the Livingston County Poorhouse 

By Holly Watson
Livingston County Historian

 

February 20, 2025   7PM
Lima Town Hall 2nd Floor
(Accessible via elevator at west side door)

 

Co-Sponsored by Lima Historical Society
And the Lima Public Library

 

On Thursday, February 20th at 7 pm, Holly Watson, the Livingston County Historian, will present a compelling talk on the county poorhouse that existed in Geneseo during the early 19th and 20th centuries. Many of you may be familiar with the old building.  As Holly will explain, poorhouses often have a complex history, but historical records can help us understand the evolution of care at these institutions, and dignify the poorhouse residents so they are not forgotten.

The Livingston County Poorhouse (later the County Home) provided care to county residents from the 1820s through the 1960s. Over the years, the Poorhouse evolved, along with perspectives about people experiencing loss, poverty, and mental illness. The program will trace these changes and what life in the Poorhouse might have been like, concluding with a discussion on recent preservation initiatives for the former buildings and the remaining Poorhouse cemeteries.

The talk will be presented at the Lima Town Hall at 7 pm.

The public is welcome.

Admission is free.

Looking For Your Roots ??

Looking For Your Roots ??

Learn Creative Ways to Explore Your Family Tree

By Professional Genealogist Dennis Hogan

 

Co-Sponsored by the Lima Historical Society
and the Lima Public Library

Tuesday, November 12th
7 PM: Lima Town Hall

 

Dennis Hogan, Gorham, New York Historian, has been doing family research for more than 40 years.
He specializes in New York State and Ireland. He will discuss some very useful and creative ways
of going about researching your own family genealogy.

He will be speaking on November 12th at the Lima Town Hall at 7 PM
— second floor accessible by elevator from the side door of the Town Hall–
7329 East Main St. Lima NY 14485.

Everyone welcome. Please join us.

Maggie’s Brood

“Maggie’s Brood”

 

Readings from New Book by Author Elizabeth Osta
Along with Irish Singing by Kitty Forbush 

 

This is an engaging personal history of Lima’s Donegan family and their Irish immigrant mother/grandmother, Maggie Buckley Donegan who arrived here in 1888 and raised her large family on Rochester Street here in Lima. It is told with humor, respect, and love by her granddaughter, Elizabeth Osta, author of multiple books, including Jeremiah’s Hunger about the Irish famine (Borealis Press 2011).  Come and enjoy this heartfelt and entertaining program.

Free and open to the public.

 

Tuesday, October 15th
7 PM
Lima Town Hall
2nd Floor Ballroom
(accessible via elevator at the back door)

 

LHS Annual Picnic

LHS Annual Picnic
for all LHS members and their friends

Sunday September 22nd
2-5 PM
at
Mark Tubbs Park

Hots, Hamburgers, Beverages and Fun provided

A dish to pass would be welcome but not required

Watch your mail for Postcard with details

RSVP either 585-329-7675 or 585-624-7542