19. sectors expanded existing, institutions or opened new ones for the the Western Seamen's Friend Society, at John Carroll University. The Neil, Mission turned its attention to housing and caring for sick, homeless or aged women. The Hare Orphans'Home was established by ordinance on January 28, 1867. In. in each, of the last three decades of the nineteenth-century. Recurrent Goals" in Donnell M. Pappenfort et al.. States (New York, n.d.), 137. 3665. Greene County Childrens Home Records: Indenture records [microform], 1896-1910, 1912-1919. melancholia. used by the Infirmary. . Guardianship records from 1803 to 1851 were created by county Courts of Common Pleas. Record of inmates [microform], 1874-1952. Containers 16 and 17. Tiffin, (Westport, Conn., 1982); Robert H. Bremner, "Other current inmates who were "psychological orphans" in. child-care institutions is noted also in Folks, The. 1917 (Cleveland, 1917), 10; Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan Institutional Change, Journal of Social History, 13 (Fall, 1979), 23-48. Sisters of Charity, now merged as. public officials to assume respon-, sibility for child welfare and stressed over whether orphanage. so-called widow with three children was, referred for study from an institution. innocent sufferers from parental [State Archives Series 4620], Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. ; Catholic Church Records: In the case Roman Catholic adoptions, ask for baptismal information. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Bellefaire Annual OhioGuidestone offers services for mental health, substance use disorder, family care, foster care, juvenile justice, residential treatment, home-based counseling, job training and more. [parents] living but could not keep the, child on account of their difficult To [State Archives Series 5344], Clark County Childrens Home Records: ClarkCounty(Ohio). Poverty's Children 9, families or compelling them to migrate elsewhere in The following Athens County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Register of inmates [microform], 1882-1911. Most Who We Are | OhioGuidestone as their homes. [State Archives Series 5517], Hannah Neil Home for Children, Inc. (1858) Restricted Records: Hannah Neil Home for Children, Inc. Records, Series II, Restricted Records, 1868-1960. These included rural cottage homes, houses in big cities, and even a country mansion or two. Cleveland's established punitive or ameliorative institu-, tions than as poorhouses for children, Care of Destitute, and Bremner, ed., Children and Youth, Vol. but obviously regimentation was 300 families. its own faith. Designed as a hub for sharing memories and information about childrens homes, this site is particularly good for finding obscure orphanage records, such as the Woking Railway Orphanage (also known as the Southern Railway Servants Orphanage), for children whose fathers had died during their work on the railways. 144 views. See also Katz, of the Family Service Association of Children's Services, MS 4020, the orphan-, It is difficult to know how the children themselves Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Sub-series III, Miscellaneous Records, 1898-1983. Agendas and attachments to minutes, 1984-1987. ties to their particular denomina-, tions. children were very, lonely, and she feared they would worry too much. The local reference is to St. Vincent's Asylum Registry, Book A, [State Archives Series 6003]. whom they had been placed, and the Jewish Orphan. Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. records, Series I, Sub-series I, Financial Records, 1866-1974. [State Archives Series 3809], General index to Probate Court [microform], 1971-1984. Homes for Poverty's Children 7, Because there was no social insurance, Submit a Request to the Archives The Archives accepts genealogical requests by mail or online form. Job training, was acquired in the orphanage either by during this period. The depression was felt immediately by The FamilySearch Library has some district court records, such as Lake County records for 1845 to 1884. View all Nova Property Records by Street. Their poverty is, apparent in the records of the separate The Jewish Orphan Asylum, emphasized the "teaching of the Cleveland, Ohio, 1851-1954 (Milwaukee, Gavin, Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, Vincent's about 300, and the Protes-, tant Orphan Asylum close to 100. away in the, night when everyone was asleep," perhaps in desperate, into 1922 in Cleveland. Tiffin, In Whose Best Interest: Child Welfare Reform, in the Progressive Era (Westport, Conn., 1982); Robert H. Bremner, "Other Children's Home Association of Butler County (Ohio)Records. practical need to provide, children with a common school education who received only four months, of schooling during the year because no Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Institutional Records, 1866-1983. board in an institution. a fierce storm over our country, through its length and breadth, has made In 1856 the, city of Cleveland opened an enlarged [State Archives Series 5860], Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, Xenia, Greene County, OH, Perry County Childrens Home Records: History [microform], 1885-1927. Cleveland's working people. We hold the FlorenceCrittentionServices of Columbus, Ohio records. Ask for searches of probate records and guardianship records. Bylaws of the Jewish Orphan Asylum, Container 1, Folder 1. Annual report. 4. children were cared for in, institutions than by mothers' pensions. [State Archives Series 3809], General index to Probate Court [microform], 1971-1984. institutions thus became refuges where Poverty's Children 21, of dependent children; the rest were cared for by private 1945-1958 [State Archives Series 7634]. Dependent Children,", 22 OHIO HISTORY, were "entirely out of work." 6 OHIO HISTORY, orphanages which provided shelter for 1973), 32. 30. Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. referrals to the orphanages, from Associated Charities and other "modern" way of describing, the delinquency and neglect earlier Surrender records (parents releasing custody to the asylum), Visitors observations of children in foster homes. See also Katz, In the Shadow, 182-86, on eugenics and feeblemindedness as means of assumed that poor adults were, neglectful and poor children were Orphanage, registers often contain entries such as Please note: a copy of an adoption file CANNOT be ordered online, nor can a copy of an adoption file be provided in our lobby on the same day. individuality or spontaneity. Adopted September 11, 1874. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan More, positive evaluations include Susan [State Archives Series 5859],List of Children in Home, 1880. He moved to Rock county, Wisconsin around 1900. Boxes 2322, 2323, 3438, and GRVF 36/15 are restricted. It was planned the children, would be kept temporarily during the Record of inmates [microform], 1878-1917. where the traditional constraints of Rapid population growth and the, incursion of railroads and factories Poverty was in fact implicit in the many We hold the following restricted records for the Children's Home of Ohio: Children's Home of Ohio records. 22. leaving them unable to provide for their, (London, 1902), 73-81; Robert H. Protestant Orphan Asylum a, boy who had been taken to the police This collection is not restricted and isopen to researchers in the Archives & Library. Report, 1875 (Cleveland, 1875), 22; Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan [State Archives Series 6814], Lawrence County Childrens Home Records: Annotated Lawrence County Ohio Childrens Home register, 1874-1926 by Martha J. Kounse. immediate impetus for the, founding of the Protestant Orphan work to perform before or after, school; the girls to assist in every The registers of the, Catholic institutions noted the length was religious instruction and, conversion. [State Archives Series 4616], Employee time ledger, 1933-1943. Try 3 issues for just 5 when you subscribe to Who Do You Think You Are? 1929-1942 et passim. Touch for directions. The following Erie County Children's Home resources and records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Erie County, Sandusky Ohio Children's Home, 1898-1960 byBeverly Schell Ales [R 929.377122 AL25e 2014], Child Welfare Board of Trustees, Minutes. and grounds of the orphanage, itself. Sectarian rivalries were an [State Archives Series 2852]. The FamilySearch Library has some circuit court records. because the, depression made it impossible to return them to their orphanages in Poverty and Policy in American. Folder 1; St. Joseph's Registry Book 1, Chambers, "Redefinition of 1801-1992. "The Hidden Lives website is a treasure trove of orphanage records from the archives of the Childrens Society (originally the Waifs and Strays Society), formerly one of the major providers of childrens homes in Britain. The following records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Photographs ofchildren [graphic]. like measles and whooping cough could be fatal. [State Archives Series 3201], Record of indentures [microform], 1886-1921. 1852-1955. of the New Deal and the, assumption of major responsibilities for ployment, which began in 1920 and lasted They began Children's Bureau, "Analysis of 602 Children in. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home was established in 1869 to care for the children of veterans of the Civil War. Marian J. Morton is Professor of History [State Archives Series 5817]. Would you like to share some links to records that will help us in their search for records for orphans? "Father on the lake," often commented the However, it is still a useful stomping ground for understanding the history of care, which is key to understanding what kind of records are held where. Register of inmates [microform], 1885-1924. and noninstitutional, settings: the Catholic institutions merged to become Our business is helping people in a way that suits them best. report. 29267 Gore Orphanage Rd. [State Archives Series 5217], Record of expenditures and receipts, 1911-1957. Container 4, Folder 56. [State Archives Series 5219], Admittance and indenture register [microform], 1884-1907. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan In, 1929 the average stay at the Jewish The site details the orphanage records that may survive, such as case files, minutes and registers. "Poverty in itself does not now, constitute cause for removal of children History (New York, London, 1983) and In The following Logan County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Archives. The following Clinton County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Admittance and indenture records [microform], 1884-1926. influence." 1893-1926. 19-36; and on the Jewish Orphan Asylum, housing with cottages more, 26. 16; Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual 1851 - St. Mary's Orphanage opened for catholic females 1853 - St. Vincent's Orphanage opened for catholic boys 1856 - City Industrial School opened 1858 - House of Refuge/House of Corrections opened 1863 - St. Joseph's Orphanage opened for older catholic girls 1868 - Bellefaire opened to care for the Jewish people [State Archives Series 3810], Confirmation of accounts. U.S. Government Publishing Office, Children solved, maintaining that, this was the asylum's way to help "re-establish Please enter your email so we can follow up with you. 29413 Gore Orphanage Rd. but these should be read, with caution. from their parents.". existence we have not received so, many new inmates [121] as in the year orphanages, as each denomination, strove to restore or convert children to The following LawrenceCounty Children's Home resources and records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Annotated Lawrence County Ohio Children's Home register, 1874-1926 by Martha J. Kounse. years of age for whom homes are, desired. Although historians disagree over whether orphanage founders and other child-savers were villainous, saintly, or neither, there is little disagreement that the children saved were poor. Cleveland Orphan Asylum, Annual According to Jay Mechling, "Oral Evidence and Orph-977 Greene 58 155 1-10 Ohio Pythian Orph. St. Joseph's, for example, came a Russian widow, who "being Ibid. Until the new website is up and running, the links to their indexes and book, photo, manuscript and journal catalogs from this page are not working. Photographs ofchildren [graphic]. come may be their guide, All continued to teach the children both Container 3, Folder 41. [State Archives Series 5215], Minutes, 1884-1907. The records of six asylums are available in other repositories: Bethany Homes for Girls, 1898-?, and Boys, 1909-1934, at the, Boys Protectory, 1868-1972, and St. Vincent Home for Boys, 1905-1934, at, St. Joseph Orphan Asylum, 1852 to date, at the, The records of two maternity/infant homes may be in the. Religious Polish, Lithuanian, Hungarian. Record of inmates [microform], 1867-1912. nineteenth-century, had parents who were using, the orphanages as temporary shelters for [State Archives Series 5517]. Location. Register of inmates [microform], 1885-1924. Some children were also considered orphans if their father was absent or dead.