United States Orphan Research

United States [[Image:Gotoarrow.pn] [[United_States_Orphan_Research|Orphan Research]]

See also United States, How to Find Genealogy Records

Contents:    Internet sites and databases:


 * History of Orphanages
 * List of Early Orphanages
 * Genealogy Today, Orphanage Records
 * [[Children's Aid Societ], NYC, archives searches ($) for adoptions, and orphan train riders.
 * New York Foundling Hospital, can do records research for close relatives only of placed-out children.
 * [[Family History Librar], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, censuses, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.
 * United States Adoption Research Research Wiki article.
 * Bobbie's Genealogy Classroom

For Further Reading:


 * [http://pages.jh.edu/~jhumag/496web/orphange.html The Rise and Demise of the American Orphanag

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