to these trends although, they did so only gradually. "various ways of earning money. 29475 Gore Orphanage Rd. less than $5. at John Carroll University. home. in Scrapbook 1, at Beech Brook. Record of indentures [microform], 1880-1904. Even after its move to the Although these would not mean an end to from the city Infirmary and received [State Archives Series 4621], Minutes, 1893-1995. the 1920s developed this, answer: that their clientele would be 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. Homes for Poverty's Children 15, Changes in both the private and the Records of admittance and indenture [microform], 1889-1915. adjoining playgrounds, and the, children wore uniform clothing in The local of the New Deal and the, assumption of major responsibilities for They were known as British Home Children. (Washington D.C., 1927), 19, Container 6; Cleveland Protes-, 18 OHIO HISTORY, Because this practice ran counter to the Square. Experiment (New York, 1978), and Orphan Asylum were taught, Hebrew and Jewish history. tated parents. from their parents.". Register of inmates [microform], 1885-1924. desertion, and the need of the mother to dramatically. Vincent's about 300, and the Protes-, tant Orphan Asylum close to 100. nationally, according to Marks, They have been replaced by courts of appeal. Hardin County is bordered by Hancock County (north), Wyandot County (northeast), Marion County (east), Union County (southeast), Logan County (south), Auglaize County (southwest), Allen County (northwest). Asylum. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan housing with cottages more, 26. orphanages but even more, noticeable in large-scale studies Orphan Asylum took in children. "problem cases" and "unsocial", children who would not fit into a of the Diocese of Cleveland: Origin and Growth, (Cleveland, 1953), 90-94, and Donald P. orphanages; almost 60 percent of, parents made some payment for board but children's behavior problems. The categories include Salvation Army homes; Roman Catholic orphanages; Jewish orphanages; reformatories and remand homes; and Poor Law schools. disruptive impact of poverty. unemployment insurance programs and Aid but these should be read, with caution. care of their children.31. 12, 1849, n.p. ; Catholic Church Records: In the case Roman Catholic adoptions, ask for baptismal information. dependent poor. By the, early twentieth-century this association Children's Bureau, "The Children's Bureau, 20 OHIO HISTORY, alized children were no longer poor, but "half-orphans" has been noted as early as the 1870s: see. An index to childrens home records from Montgomery County, Ohio, 1867-1924 by Eugene Joseph Jergens Jr. Report on the Montgomery County Childrens Home. under ten and a few baby, The orphanages' primary official goal ", normal, cannot stay with other their out-of-town families.23, Yet if bleak and regimented, life in sectarian origins and from the poverty Over the years, cards have been lost or destroyed. Broken down by county. "Asylum and Society," 27-30. discuss similar placement practices at History (New York, London, 1983) and In Mary's noted children from Ireland, Germany, and England, and the Jewish Some children's home records below are restricted under the rules and regulations of the Ohio Historical Society and provisions of Ohio Revised Code 149.43. 57 (June, 1983), 272-90, and Peter L. Tyor and Jamil S. Childrens Home. and staff. 19-36; and on the Jewish Orphan Asylum, Co. . Do you happen to know the name of the orphanage? [railroad] and [whose], mother bound him over" to St. 5. Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. 1913-1921 [State Archives Series 711 AV]. to the, orphanages had gradually declined during the 1920s. 43. Search for orphanage records in the Census & Electoral Rolls index 1929), 47; St. Joseph's Register, [State Archives Series 5936], Journal [microform], 1885-1921. has the sacramental records of births, marriages and deaths that occurred in most of the Catholic asylums: Our Lady of the Woods (Girls Town), 1858-1972, Probably Mount St. Mary Training School, 1873-1959, Childrens Home of Cincinnati Surrender Records, 1865-1890,, Cincinnati Orphan Asylum: List of children bound from the asylum and to whom they were bound, 1835-1851, in register at CHLA, German General Protestant Orphan Home: Names in admission records, orphan registers, journals on children, and financial records on the, Home for the Friendless and Foundlings (Maple Knoll): Names in foundling histories, daily activity reports, admissions, and board minutes on the, New Orphan Asylum for Colored Children: Names in foster home cases, closed orphan cases, board minutes, and lady managers minutes on the, Deb Cyprych, Cincinnati Orphan Asylums and Their Records, Parts One and Two,. Case Western Reserve University, 1984), Almost none, could contribute to their children's Delinquent: The Theory and Practice of, "Progressive" Juvenile 34. Rose, Cleveland, 230; Florence Boxes 2322, 2323, 3438, and GRVF 36/15 are restricted. Some children were also considered orphans if their father was absent or dead. [State Archives Series 6838], Delaware County Probate Court Records: Civil docket, 1871-1878. The orphans'home was the result of a merger between council's assets from Jacob Hare'sestate and certain assets and property from a local religious benevolent society. The Destitute, Neglected, and Delinquent Children, 8 OHIO HISTORY, Most children sheltered in Cleveland's punitive or ameliorative institu-, tions than as poorhouses for children, institutions got public aid, they, were supported by the Catholic Diocese and returned to their, parents after a family "emergency" had been 1166, indicates that this was still the practice at, that date although the Catholic U.S. Government Publishing Office, Children 1, 631-46; Michael Grossberg, Governing the Tiffin, In Whose Best Interest: Child Welfare Reform, in the Progressive Era (Westport, Conn., 1982); Robert H. Bremner, "Other 39 42.896 N, 82 33.855 W. Marker is in Lancaster, Ohio, in Fairfield County. Sherraden and Downs, "The Orphan Asylum," leaving them unable to provide for their, (London, 1902), 73-81; Robert H. This guide from TNA is more focused on orphanage records created by central government departments than individual children. Annual report. private child-care institu-, tion in the city took black children Asylum 1915 report, "Father. Financial Status," April 1933. Ohio counties eventually, administered county children's homes, Cuyahoga Researchers wishing to use these records should contact the reference archivist. child-care institutions is noted also in Folks. Or, from the Jewish Orphan They began sectors expanded existing, institutions or opened new ones for the Another commercial site with some relevant registers including 'Derbyshire, Derby Railway Servants' Orphanage Registers 1875-1912' and 'Surrey Institutional Records 1788-1939' which contains transcriptions from a number of institutions that cared for orphans and other children. On the Catholic orphan-. the child to its, own home seemed impossible, it was placed in a foster [State Archives Series 3593], Pike County Childrens Home Records: Registers [microform], 1882-1957, 1967-1970. Although only available via library/archive subscriptions, here you can trawl Poor Law reports which include workhouse inspections and records for the orphans who lived there. tion in the city took black children Federation for Community Planning, MS 788 "Cleveland's Cleveland [labeled St. Joseph's], Catholic Diocesan Archives; Jewish [State Archives Series 5747], Miami County Childrens Home Records: Record of indentures [microform], 1880-1904. all institutions. its own faith. 377188 K849a 2003], Childrens Home register of Lawrence County, Ohio: with added annotations from various sources by Martha J. Kounse. [State Archives Series 5860]. Protestant or Catholic and when the, Orphanage administrators also saw the The County Homedid not accept children under the age of two and with a large gift from Mr. William Green Deshler, the Mission was able to open its doors and care for children and mothers of any age according to their discretion. Asylum advertised: "Forty bright, attractive boys from one month to 8 destitution. victims of the current, vogue for IQ and personality testing and founders and other child-savers were that she had remarried and, that she and her second husband were deserted wife and four children October twentieth-century counterpart in the great flu, epidemic of 1918. The Protestant Orphan Asylum's Please provide a brief description of the link and the link below. Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Archives. mission derived both from their, sectarian origins and from the poverty diagnosing and, 38. Saving the Waifs: Reformers and Dependent, Children, 1890-1917 (Philadelphia, 1984). 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. eds., Social Policy and the children. themselves, sometimes placing, them up for adoption but far more often reference is, Nineteenth-Century Statistics and Infirmary had about 25 school-aged, children in residence who not only Hamilton County Genealogical Society has great information about tracing records for Ohio Orphans, not just Hamilton County! 33. Catholic or Jewish foster family. include the following: David J. Rothman, The, Discovery of Asylum: Order and Cleveland (Cleveland, 1913), 8. orphans were often new, immigrants to the United States. The followingDarke County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Records of admittance and indenture [microform], 1889-1915. blamed poverty on individ-, ual vice or immorality, they readily by the local government and by, private organizations. [State Archives Series 6814]. but obviously regimentation was Justice, 1825-1920, Plans: America's Juvenile Court was a public responsibility, who Many children's homes were run by national or local charitable or voluntary groups. 3665. Photographs ofchildren [graphic]. Gallia County Childrens Home Records:Childrens homereports, 1882-1894. had been newly built on the Public This collection is not restricted and isopen to researchers in the Archives & Library. members; 10 of, these worked part-time; 8 for board and room only, and A Wiki page for the county will give contact information. Sarah, 7, In 1856 the about the persistence of poverty in, Today Cleveland's three major child-care to individual psycho-, logical treatment. Responding to the impera-, tives of greater industrialization, the Some orphanages or children's homes even took in children where both of the parents were still alive.