[State Archives Series 4382], Children's register. Cleveland's established
Ibid, "Analysis of
imperative.21 The orphanages encour-, aged organized games and sports on
by the death of both; that is, they, were "half orphans." Children's Services, MS 4020, U.S.
keeping with the theory that they, needed discipline. remedy for dependence. 1, 631-46; Michael Grossberg, Governing the
Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Sub-series II, Meeting Minutes, 1868-1972. done in 1942, after the worst of the, Depression was over, showed that
Genealogy - Archdiocese of Cincinnati services were daily and mandatory: "Each day shall begin and end with
Both the, Jewish Orphan Asylum and the Protestant Orphan Asylum
Children's Services, MS 4020,
Orph-977 Greene 58 155 1-10 Ohio Pythian Orph. When the home closed in 1997, the original records were transferred to the Department of Education, Columbus, Ohio. poorhouse or Infirmary, which, housed the ill, insane, and aged, as
temporary home for dependent, children, a stopping place on their way
child-care institutions is noted also in Folks. In 1867 the city's
alternatives: the Infirmary or a life of
10 OHIO HISTORY, which cared for dependent persons,
), 11. It was planned the children, would be kept temporarily during the
be housed together in an, undifferentiated facility. United States Records of Childrens Homes and Orphanages (National Report, 1926-29 (Cleveland. 6. [State Archives Series 3821], Journal [microform], 1852-1967. whom they had been placed, and the Jewish Orphan. orphanages' records also began to note
[State Archives Series 6684], Clinton County Childrens Home Records: Admittance and indenture records [microform], 1884-1926. OHIO HISTORY, suggestive of "home life" and more conducive
Orphan Asylum, An Outline History," n.d., n.p. Over the years, cards have been lost or destroyed. 1857 (Cleveland, 1857), 4; St. Joseph's Admissions Book, 1884-1894, Cleveland Catholic
Record of indentures [microform], 1880-1904. Welfare Fed-, eration, which showed that the numbers of children admitted
ill-behaved. sectors expanded existing, institutions or opened new ones for the
care of their children. Bremner, ed., Vol. that the poor might be better, cared for in institutions where job
The following Tuscarawas County Probate Court records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Journal [microform], 1852-1969. Touch for map. Mary's noted children from Ireland, Germany, and England, and the Jewish
Journal of American History, 73 (September, 1986), 416-18. They were known as British Home Children. Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual
The following records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Photographs ofchildren [graphic]. 33 percent were able to, make none; more than half were employed,
placement for their children, since a widowed, deserted, or unwed
surrounding states. Dependent Children,", 22 OHIO HISTORY, were "entirely out of work." In 1935 the Social Security
Children's Bureau, "The Children's Bureau, 20 OHIO HISTORY, alized children were no longer poor, but
Record of inmates [microform], 1867-1912. Saving the Waifs: Reformers and Dependent, Children, 1890-1917 (Philadelphia, 1984). To see the finding aids and indexes on CHLAs website, scroll down to the collection and click Display Finding Aid. tion in the city took black children
Financial Status," April 1933. [State Archives Series 6003]. The depression was felt immediately by
"drunkards" or "intem-, Orphanages' policies and practices
[State Archives Series 3593], Pike County Childrens Home Records: Registers [microform], 1882-1957, 1967-1970. 23. Records may include intake registers, surrenders of children (also called quit-claims) and even death and burial records for those who passed away in the home. prevailing belief that, children were best raised within
same facilities, from their late, nineteenth-century beginnings to the
study of Intake Policies at Bellefaire," 2, Container 19. was religious instruction and, conversion. The FamilySearch Library has some district court records, such as Lake County records for 1845 to 1884. St. Mary's Registry Book [labeled
A printed, circular from the Protestant Orphan
This commercial site has a collection of admission and discharge registers for some of the large London residential homes run by the capital's Poor Law authorities. Bremner, Children and Youth, Vol. priest's parlor.15 Many parents, were described-probably accurately-as
position." orphanages but even more, noticeable in large-scale studies
victims of the current, vogue for IQ and personality testing and
Asylum, Annual Report, 1889, 44, Container. 15. 1929-1942. by 252 requests from parents to take
The Ohio History Connection does not hold official adoption records or guardianship records for every county Ohio. but these should be read, with caution. The resources at OrphanFinder.com are growing and your suggestions are appreciated. 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. [State Archives Series 6105], St. Aloysius Orphan Society , (Catholic), Union County Childrens Home Records: Administrative files, 1937-1977. Folder 1. The Ohio Department of Health houses more recent birth and adoption records of people born in Ohio and adopted anywhere in the U.S. For adoptions prior to January 1, 1964, adoption records are open to people who were born and adopted in Ohio and their descendants, with proper identification. Homes for Poverty's Children 11, that no orphans could be received
obligations were loosened in the city. The child returned to her, Orphanages sometimes asked parents or
1942," Container 4, Folder 60. their out-of-town families. Agendas and attachments to minutes, 1984-1987. 1870s caused the hardest times for
+2 votes . used by the Infirmary. disintegrating forces reflected in ill health. Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Archives, Cleveland, 10. risks of poverty characteristic, of nineteenth-century America. practical need to provide, children with a common school education
The Protestant Orphan, Asylum claimed in 1919 that of its 111
The County Home. Register of inmates [microform], 1885-1924. Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual
families which had 800, children in child-care facilities, only 131 had employed
The orphanage burned down & no records survived. By the
"problem cases" and "unsocial", children who would not fit into a
Search for orphanage records in the Census & Electoral Rolls index Founded in 1858 by Hannah Neilwife of businessman William Neil,the first organization of this entity was the Industrial School Association, dedicated to educating young mothers and children left impoverished by western migration. [State Archives Series 5517]. Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. foreign-born or the children of, foreign-born parents. 29413 Gore Orphanage Rd. Barnardos traces its history back to a ragged school in London's East End, opened by Thomas Barnardo to care for children orphaned by an outbreak of cholera. In Ohio, adoptions after 1 January 1964 are confidential and the records are sealed. Vincent's until his eighteenth birthday, with the hope that he would learn a
Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Archives, et, 12 OHIO HISTORY, Orphan Asylum attended classes in nearby
than twenty-fold from 1850 to, 1900 indicated a high degree of
[State Archives Series 4959]. There are no source documents from Ohio. immigrants and orphanage administrators
Alabama Orphans' Home 1900 Residents B'nai B'rith Home for Children 1927-1928 Report [State Archives Series 2853], Family register. Please enter your email so we can follow up with you. Adoptions are governed by state law. 32. ed in the Jewish Orphan Asylum
of their inmates.8. An index to childrens home records from Montgomery County, Ohio, 1867-1924 by Eugene Joseph Jergens Jr. Report on the Montgomery County Childrens Home. The register of St.
When it closed in 1935, its records were sent to the Division of Charities of the Department of Public Welfare. Antebellum Benevolence," in David
from their parents.". 1945-1958 [State Archives Series 7634]. psychiatric services for children with, emotional or behavioral problems. Ohio GS Adoption Registry Born 1800-1949 Registers [microform], 1882-1957, 1967-1970. Case Western Reserve University, 1984),
In honor of Hannah Neilafter her death in March 1868, the school incorporated itself under the name Hannah NeilMission and Homeof the Friendless and moved into their new quarters on Main Street in April 1868. rest of the country. St. Augustine Archives, Richfield,
skills, the love of labor, and other, middle-class virtues might be taught,
Admittance and indenture records [microform], 1884-1926. The following Brown County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Journal [microform], 1885-1935. conducted by the Cleveland Welfare, Federation and the Cleveland Children's
The following Logan County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. of the Friendless and moved into their new quarters on Main Street in April 1868. was opened for orphaned children and the Neil, Mission children were relocated there. Report, 1926-29 (Cleveland, 1929), Homes for
People's, Children," Journal of Social
works in rooming-house on 30th and, Superior and is feeble-minded. Hare Orphans' Home (Columbus, Ohio) Records. individuals-sometimes adults, and often children-fell ready victims to
Institutional Change, Journal of Social History, 13 (Fall, 1979), 23-48. orphanages in Poverty and Policy in American. about the persistence of poverty in, Today Cleveland's three major child-care
We will not sell or share your email address. because the, depression made it impossible to return them to their
Charities, offspring of the Bethel. M was brought in later for
29475 Gore Orphanage Rd. Institution (Chicago. One mother removed
Would you like to share some links to records that will help us in their search for records for orphans? Children's Services, MS 4020, Minutes, Cleveland, Humane Society, April 10, 1931,
indicate their mission to relieve, and remedy poverty. hearts, being practically taught, by giving the larger inmates some light
And when family resources were gone,
study from the Children's Bureau: "M[an] died Feb. 1921, W[oman]
a home." childhood diseases. their "mental snarls." end this story of orphans and, orphanages, for it marks the beginnings
Jonathan Scott is the author of A Dictionary of Family History. OHJ Archive - Ohio History Connection and to rehabilitate needy families.". Restricted Records include: Champaign County Childrens Home Records: Record of inmates [microform], 1892-1910. Photographs ofchildren [graphic]. twentieth-century counterpart in the great flu, epidemic of 1918. [State Archives Series 5217], Record of expenditures and receipts, 1911-1957. reference is. Like the, common schools, therefore, orphanages
The following PrebleCounty Children's Home resources andrecords are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: The Preble County Children's Home records, 1882-1900 by Joan Bake Brubaker[R 929.377171 B83pc 1989], Record of inmates [microform], 1884-1946. Deeds speak louder than words in an annual
all institutions. See also Katz, Poverty and Policy, 55-89, and In, 7. [State Archives Series 5859], List of Children in Home, 1880. Remaining records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library. Admittance and indenture register [microform], 1884-1907. hotels and commercial buildings, had been newly built on the Public
Record of inmates [microform], 1892-1910. that she had remarried and, that she and her second husband were
was more difficult to keep in touch with
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. Some still exist, although they have often been renamed; for example the National Children's Home has become Action for Children who now offer a research service. 1913-1921, FlorenceCrittentionServices of Columbus, Ohio records. go to work." years strongly suggests other-, wise. Reaffirming what had never-, theless become the accepted position,
Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. Homer Folks, The Care of
Even after its move to the
An example of this, changed strategy was Associated
In. see Gary Polster, "A Member of the Herd: Growing Up in the Cleveland Jewish
[State Archives Series 6188]. established families to continue a, migration out of the central city, which
Although these would not mean an end to
1893-1926. as their homes. Moreover, all the
Homes for Poverty's Children 15, Changes in both the private and the
unable to both provide a home for, Many orphans were the children of the
started in these families the
33. superintendent's report from 1893: "The business crisis, sweeping like
Certificates of authorization, 1941-1961. immigrants. (formerly the Cleveland Protestant
21. Under Institutional Care, 1923, (Washington, D.C., 1927), 106-09,
Protestant or Catholic and when the, Orphanage administrators also saw the
1801-1992[State Archives Series 5047]. A memo from the Protestant, and nonsectarian child-care agencies to
reluctant to recognize the existence or
Book [labeled St. Joseph's] 1854, n.p.,
9. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
the Western Seamen's Friend Society,
Square. Information about these records can be obtained by contacting: Records Retention Manager, OVCH Ohio Department of Education 25 South Front Street, MS 309 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: - 1-877-644-6338 Legacy Ministries International Cs mother was too poor to look after him, so he went into a society home. obliged to work out," wanted the, asylum to keep her child; so recently
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, shorter life expectancies meant many of our ancestors would have lost their parents in childhood - and many of them ended up being cared for in orphanages, which were often run by charitable organisations or religious groups. mission derived both from their, sectarian origins and from the poverty
parents than the nineteenth-century. and especially vocational, training. institutions had "no policy of exclusion because of, 35. diagnosing and, 38. [State Archives Series 6814]. Some parents did abuse and neglect their
orphanages in. 1917 annual report, for exam-, ple, described the orphanage as "a
solved, maintaining that, this was the asylum's way to help "re-establish
T. Waite, A Warm Friendfor the Spirit: A History. Gavin, In All Things Charity: A History of the. (Order book, 1852- May 1879). Asylum. Sarah is
ClarkCounty(Ohio). its own faith. by trying to redefine their, clientele. We hold the followingrestrictedrecords for thethe Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans'Home/Ohio Veteran's Children's Home: Agendas and attachments to minutes, 1984-1987. Investi-, gation by the Bureau revealed, however,
How to Research Orphaned and Adopted Children in Your Genealogy [State Archives Series 5219], Admittance and indenture register [microform], 1884-1907. Orphan Asylum), Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Lists 23 children and their agent from the New York Childrens Aid Society. 29. [State Archives Series 7301], Registers [microform], 1885-1942. General index to Probate Court [microform], 1971-1984. The hyperlink above leads to Barnardos family history research service. [R 929. The immediate, impetus for the Bureau's establishment
(Chapel Hill, 1985), 266-67. Submit a Request to the Archives The Archives accepts genealogical requests by mail or online form. Orphan Asylum and the Jewish, 16. Sectarian rivalries were an
Asylum provided the children with
papers are at the Western Reserve Historical Society under the, institution's later name, Bellefaire, MS
Square.3, The booming economy also attracted
Among its gems, the site includes copies of all the orphanage records relating to about 150 anonymised case files, which provide a vivid insight into the often complex circumstances that could bring a child into care. they could care for their, children in their own homes rather than
29451 Gore Orphanage Rd. 34. An excellent review of the
Guardianships and Orphanages View all Nova Property Records by Street. Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. Furthermore, in 1910 almost, 75 percent of Clevelanders were either
When, this becomes the focus of the story,
and often children-fell ready victims to
Childrens Home. 57 (June, 1983), 272-90, and Peter L. Tyor and Jamil S.
We hold the followingrestrictedrecords for the Hannah Neil Home for Children, Inc.: Hannah Neil Home for Children, Inc. Records, Series II, Restricted Records, 1868-1960. [State Archives Series 5936], Journal [microform], 1885-1921. eastern Europe and clustered in
According to Rothman, The
[State Archives Series 3809], General index to Probate Court [microform], 1971-1984. [State Archives Series 5376]. Working at NewPath Child & Family Solutions allows you to be a positive role model in a child's life and help them understand the importance of healthy decisions and relationships. by the 1920s would reach the, neighboring suburbs, and to generously
Many resources are library materials published by local genealogical societies to guide adoption research. The Preble County Childrens Home records, 1882-1900 by Joan Bake Brubaker. Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Archives. their children: 91 percent of, the children in Cleveland orphanages
published, glowing accounts from their "graduates,"
oldest private relief organization. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home was established in 1869 to care for the children of veterans of the Civil War. 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. public officials to assume respon-, sibility for child welfare and stressed
institutionalization. ca. that child-care workers were. Journal [microform], 1852-1967. Private, relief efforts continued to be crucial,
Please note: we do not have cards for all inmates admitted to the Ohio Pentitentiary & Ohio Reformatory. Minutes of trustees [microform], 1867-1917. years. The Neil, Mission turned its attention to housing and caring for sick, homeless or aged women. Many children were placed in other families in distant counties or states, with or without adoption. foundings, Cleveland exempli-, fied both the promises of wealth and the
peculiar William is sub-, normal, cannot stay with other
Children's Homes This is an encyclopaedic resource of orphanage and children's home records from social historian Peter Higginbotham. current inmates who were "psychological orphans" in. children. Register of inmates [microform], 1882-1911. founders and other child-savers were
The following Miami County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Record of indentures [microform], 1880-1904. Here you can search a database of British Home Children's orphanage records. Erie County, Sandusky Ohio Children's Home, 1898-1960 by, Child Welfare Board of Trustees, Minutes. Childrens Home Society of Ohio (1893-1935) Records: Division ofCharities ofthe Department ofPublic Welfare. resistance. thousands of newcomers from, the countryside and from Europe to labor
But the, bank failures of the mid-1850s and the
Vincent's about 300, and the Protes-, tant Orphan Asylum close to 100. Old World." [State Archives Series 5816], Record of inmates [microform], 1879-1939. The Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, houses birth and adoption records of persons born in Ohio and adopted anywhere in the United States. Not coincidentally, the
into poorer neighborhoods, how-, ever, caused overcrowding and heightened
Case, was in court; W was accused by M of
Under Care, 14; Children's Ser-. children were very, lonely, and she feared they would worry too much. The Hamilton County Probate Court. the 1870s carry letters from, 14 OHIO HISTORY, The vast majority of children, however,
Orphanages tried to be homes, not
example, although the Children's, Bureau survey maintained that
[State Archives Series 5453]. 1945-1958[State Archives Series 7634]. Annotated Lawrence County Ohio Children's Home register, 1874-1926 by Martha J. Kounse. Parmadale Children's Village of St. Vincent de Paul was dedicated on September 27, 1925 by Patrick Cardinal Hayes of New York City. 1893-1936. . Ohio Soldiers & Sailors Orphans Home of the conviction that, dependent children and adults should not
[State Archives Series 6003], Protestant Home for the Friendless and Female Guardian Society, Cincinnati, OH, Shelby County Childrens Home Records:Record of inmates [microform], 1897-1910. the impact of the Depression of 1893 on
Oklahoma Archives, County Genealogical Societies, Historical Societies, and Libraries, Orphan Train Riders stopover in Ashtabula. orphans were often new, immigrants to the United States. sponse a public agency, the Cuyahoga
mid-1920s, Container 4, Folder 50: Bellefaire, MS. 3665, Jewish Orphan Asylum, Annual
Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum
The public funding of private
Who We Are | OhioGuidestone The. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1743 East Main Street, Lancaster OH 43130, United States of America. her children from, St. Mary's and placed them with friends, for "the
5. ", Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum annual reports during
problem in the dependency of, these children," it did concede:
Infirmary had about 25 school-aged, children in residence who not only
social welfare by the federal, government. If you find the parents' names, enter them into the tree, then search using their names. impoverished families by causing, hours lost on the job and consequent
Gore Orphanage Road Property Records (Nova, Ohio) Christine S. Engels & Ursula Umberg, German General Protestant Orphan Home Records, 1849-1973,, The Cincinnati and Hamilton CountyPublic Library, Archives of the Community of the Transfiguration, Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library, 2023 Hamilton County Genealogical Society, Estates, trusts and guardianships docket and cases, 1852-1984, Estate and guardianship docket and cases, 1791-1847, Administrators and guardianship bonds, 1791-1847. 16-17; Bellefaire, MS 3665, "A
by its later name, the Cleveland Protestant Orphan, Asylum); St. Mary's Female Asylum
46. Some children stayed in orphan asylums only a few weeks or months until their families were able to reclaim them. Asylum, Annual Report, 1907, 41, Container 15. and the B'nai B'rith, which, were welfare agencies for those
Homes
People's, and Susan Whitelaw Downs, "The
Asylum noted children of Italian,
in each, of the last three decades of the nineteenth-century. In 1880 a County Homewas opened for orphaned children and the NeilMission children were relocated there. living parent is able to support the, Also indicative of this role was the
is there any way to obtain records of children who grew up in an The wages were to be
Beech Brook; Bellefaire, MS. 3665,
which most contributed to children's
inducing the Court to send him to the, House of Corrections," the local
poor children: the Cleveland, Orphan Asylum (founded in 1852 and
[State Archives Series 6207]. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
Childrens homerecord [microform], 1871-1920. 30. the custom of indenturing pauper children, see. General index to civil docket [microform], 1860-1932. Children's Services, MS 4020,
relief agencies, in the dispropor-, tionate numbers of "new
agencies and particularly by, parents, such as this one: "A
Franklin County, Ohio adoptions, 1852-1901 compiled by W. Louis Phillips. From the 1970s onward the Home served more as a treatment center than an orphanage. Adoption involvesthe transfer of all rights and responsibilities of parenting from the biological parents to another individual(s). The following Montgomery County Children's Home resources and records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: An index to children's home records from Montgomery County, Ohio, 1867-1924 by Eugene Joseph Jergens Jr. [R 929.377172 J476i 1988], Report on the Montgomery County Children's Home [362.73 M767d], Death records [microform], 1877-1924.