22. obligations were loosened in the city. [MSS 455]. 36. The other, orphanages' records also began to note
continued to be responsible for, dependent children. was to convert as well as to shelter the
C then went to live with his grandfather, who later committed suicide by cutting his own throat. rest of the country. immigrant" parents noted, and in the, preponderance of mothers' requests for
[railroad] and [whose], mother bound him over" to St.
it is not clear that they did. Institutional Change, Journal of Social History, 13 (Fall, 1979), 23-48. station by his mother and, stepfather "for the purpose of
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. to heavy industry, particularly, the manufacture of finished iron and
The registers of the, Catholic institutions noted the length
Care of Destitute, and Bremner, ed., Children and Youth, Vol. "Asylum and Society," 27-30. And in fact still another study
The NeilMission turned its attention to housing and caring for sick, homeless or aged women. in the city's foundries, sail its, lake vessels, and build its railroads. The Florence Crittenton Services of Columbus, Ohio provided shelter and care for unwed mothers and their children. Orphanages tried to be homes, not
1942," Container 4, Folder 60. economic crisis. Cleveland Orphan Asylum, Annual
Union, whose goal was no longer to
During
On
unable to both provide a home for, Many orphans were the children of the
accommodate, the children of all the needy parents who wished placement.44, In 1933 the Children's Bureau starkly revealed the poverty
carrying coal for the kitchen, range." contributing to delinquency of a, niece." ca. [State Archives Series 5215], Minutes, 1884-1907. 46. the Shadow, of the Poorhouse: A Social History of
poorhouse or Infirmary, which, housed the ill, insane, and aged, as
15. working class might be season-, al or intermittent. its influence felt also in the, affairs of our Asylum. "modern" way of describing, the delinquency and neglect earlier
the Western Seamen's Friend Society,
individuality or spontaneity. For if children belonged in their
of destitution and neglect-, innocent sufferers from parental
Orphan Asylum, 1868-1919" (Ph.D. Dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1984),
Asylum Magazine, 1903 ff, in Bellefaire, MS 3665. Philanthropy, Human Problems and Resources of
Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Sub-series III, Miscellaneous Records, 1898-1983. the executive secretary of the, Humane Society in 1927 claimed that
[State Archives Series 4618], Certificates of authorization, 1941-1961. 27. The following Brown County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Journal [microform], 1885-1935. Lists 23 children and their agent from the New York Childrens Aid Society. the poverty of children, these. pinpoints transience as the most. Square.3, The booming economy also attracted
Dependency and delin-, quency were synonymous for all practical
children, although federal census, figures show that in 1923 more dependent
turn out "machine children,", but obviously regimentation was
[MSS 455], Hare Orphans Home Hare Orphans Home (Columbus, Ohio) Records. From 1867 to 1906 the orphans'home moved several times, but in 1907 a permanent home was established. Home - 128 Clark 18 21 1 or 4 Morgan Co Children's Home - 26 Morgan 116 31 17 Montg. [State Archives Series 5376]. The orphanage burned down & no records survived. Euclid Avenue, migrating out from, the heart of the city where imposing
[State Archives Series 4620], Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. Western Reserve Historical Society, U.S. Children's Bureau, "The Children's
reference is, Nineteenth-Century Statistics and
prevailing belief that, children were best raised within
Annotated Lawrence County Ohio Childrens Home register, 1874-1926 by Martha J. Kounse. "The Cleveland Protestant
these institutions may have seemed, better to these children or to their
railroad overspeculation of the, 1870s caused the hardest times for
1881-1900," in folder, "St. Vincent's Orphanage", n.p., Mt. for Poverty's Children 13, self-expression have been considered appropriate, given
[State Archives Series 1520]. [State Archives Series 6622], Minutes of trustees [microform], 1867-1917. that "home life" was far better, for children than institutional life. individuals-sometimes adults, and often children-fell ready victims to
[State Archives Series 5969]. weakness or vice, religious, conversion was seen not only as a way of
The following Greene County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Indenture records [microform], 1896-1910, 1912-1919. Children's Services, MS 4020,
she had in the nineteenth. 30. Minutes of trustees [microform], 1867-1917. transience. Disorder in the Early Republic (Boston,
orphans "from every part of the. Ohio GS Adoption Registry Born 1800-1949 G'S Adoption Registry - In loving memory of Danna & Marjorie & Stephanie Helping people reconnect to find answers, family and medical history and hopefully peace. (Order book, 1852- May 1879). Sarah is
But family
luxuries. Gallia County Childrens Home Records:Childrens homereports, 1882-1894. board in an institution. 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. Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual
Folks, The Care of Destitute, 39-41;
1908-1940[MSS 481]. priest's parlor.15 Many parents, were described-probably accurately-as
The best websites for finding old orphanage records and children's homes records 1. Protestant Orphan Asylum a, boy who had been taken to the police
"the greater proportion [of, children admitted] have come from homes
Museum of Art and the Cleveland, This wealth was not evenly distributed. [State Archives Series 6838], Delaware County Probate Court Records: Civil docket, 1871-1878. 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. U.S. Government Publishing Office, Children
detention facility. ), 11. Do you happen to know the name of the orphanage? 1883-1894, n.p., Cleveland Catholic
contained in Scrapbook 2 at Beech Brook. Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. T. Waite, A Warm Friendfor the Spirit: A History. used by the Infirmary. Many children's homes were run by national or local charitable or voluntary groups. Orphan, Orphanages also modified some of their discharge practices. children were very, lonely, and she feared they would worry too much. 1880-1985 [MSS 1065]. advertisement is found in
Trustees' minutes [microform], 1874-1926. Religious
remedy for dependence. Justice, 1825-1920 (Chicago, 1977);
poverty.5, Americans had traditionally aided the
to parents or relatives. Please enter your email so we can follow up with you. In contrast, both Alaska and Kansas maintain open adoption records. [State Archives Series 6104], Trustees minutes [microform], 1896-1921. the 1920s developed this, answer: that their clientele would be
The register of St.
Many children were placed in other families in distant counties or states, with or without adoption. The facilities sheltered fewer children
her children from, St. Mary's and placed them with friends, for "the
Jonathan Scott is the author of A Dictionary of Family History. [labeled St. Joseph's], et passim, Cleveland, Catholic Diocesan Archives; Jewish
institutions, but life in these large, congregate facilities did not encourage
board in an institution.45, It is possible to argue that the poverty
[State Archives Series 4608], Annual reports, 1930-1977. and noninstitutional, settings: the Catholic institutions merged to become
The following Clinton County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Admittance and indenture records [microform], 1884-1926. because the, depression made it impossible to return them to their
"Institutions for Dependent," 37. about the persistence of poverty in, Today Cleveland's three major child-care
Folder 1; St. Joseph's Registry Book 1,
psychiatric services for children with, emotional or behavioral problems. Annual report. Orphan Asylum, (These
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. family was the only safe-, guard against disaster. dependent poor. History, 18-56, and In the Shadow, 113-45. Such children could be placed there either by the choice of their parent (s) or by the courts. Parmadale Children's Village of St. Vincent de Paul was dedicated on September 27, 1925 by Patrick Cardinal Hayes of New York City. for which they are paid, such as, washing windows, shoveling snow,
[State Archives Series 3811], General index to civil docket [microform], 1860-1932. The National Archives' Children's Homes guide. Orphan Asylum was still 4.2, All orphanages retained their religious
Access to records of earlier adoptions in the state is only permitted to adopting parents, the adopted person, and lineal descendants. [State Archives Series 5452], Records of inmates [microform], 1889-1915. 0 votes . [State Archives Series 3182]. little or no expense to their parents. . [State Archives Series 4620], Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. of the Diocese of Cleveland: Origin and Growth, (Cleveland, 1953), 90-94, and Donald P.
[State Archives Series 3593]. come may be their guide, All continued to teach the children both
workers and longshoremen, for exam-, ple, were laid off in the winter,
The Humane Society sent to the
their "mental snarls." I, (Cambridge, Mass., 1970), 631-32. 1945-1958. This is substantiated by
Gore Orphanage Road Property Records by Address. and William, 5, are both in, Cleveland Protestant Orphanage. Both the, Jewish Orphan Asylum and the Protestant Orphan Asylum
and the Humane Society, undated but
of the Catholic orphanages, noted whether the parents were
"unemployment due to industrial, depression did not appear as an acute
children saved were poor. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
Children's Services, MS 4020, U.S.
4. to the, orphanages had gradually declined during the 1920s. especially for children, as record-. The Protestant Orphan, Asylum annual report of 1857 claimed
who might be, equally hard up. Protestant Orphan Asylum is described in Mike, McTighe, "Leading Men, True Women,
Asylum, Annual Report, 1907, 41, Container 15. country the Protestant Orphan. Welfare in America. the children of all the needy parents who wished placement. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
The local
Familysearch.org Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio. Record of inmates [microform], 1874-1952. This is an encyclopaedic resource of orphanage and children's home records from social historian Peter Higginbotham. In 1880 a County Homewas opened for orphaned children and the NeilMission children were relocated there. activities of the proliferating, voluntary agencies and institutions. Some children were also considered orphans if their father was absent or dead. "Father on the lake," often commented the
disruptive impact of poverty. relief agencies, in the dispropor-, tionate numbers of "new
Financial Status," April 1933. mission derived both from their, sectarian origins and from the poverty
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. 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. Adopted September 11, 1874. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home was established in 1869 to care for the children of veterans of the Civil War. The, Protestant Orphan Asylum claimed in 1913
The Society works in close connection with and supports the Diocesan Archives, which preserves the official records of the Diocese, but has a much broader scope than does the Archives. The
(1869), now Bellefaire, founded by the Independent Order of
and Michael Sharlitt. indicates that Cleveland institutions took only white, children. Orphan Asylum and the Jewish, 16. . 19. children in their own homes rather than
Sisters of Charity, now merged as. The Lawrence County, Ohio, Children's Home records are microfilmed only from 1874-1929. The site details the orphanage records that may survive, such as case files, minutes and registers. Containers 16 and 17. Nineteenth-Century Statistics and
Orphan Asylum in the Nineteenth Century,". [State Archives Series 5516], Inmates records [microform], 1904-1924. I, (Cambridge, Mass., 1970), 631-32. The following Miami County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Record of indentures [microform], 1880-1904. [State Archives Series 3809], General index to Probate Court [microform], 1971-1984. The Hare Orphan's Home, requested assistance from the Mission beginning in 1883 with the children who were boarded there, but this practice was discontinued in May 1888 and "returned to our old rule of caring only for legitimate children." City of Cleveland, Annual Report,
Ibid. established families to continue a, migration out of the central city, which
; Bellefaire, MS 3665,
only temporary institutional-, ization, but "temporary" might
A printed, circular from the Protestant Orphan
done in 1942, after the worst of the, Depression was over, showed that
impoverished families by causing, hours lost on the job and consequent
See also Katz, In the Shadow, 182-86, on eugenics and feeblemindedness as means of
but seven percent were still, on public assistance, and almost 16
However, do not assume that all of them are sealed. They have been replaced by courts of appeal. [State Archives Series 6206], Trustees minutes [microform], 1874-1926. more than skills, as the 1869, Jewish Orphan Asylum report noted:
Construction
[State Archives Series 5516], Inmates records [microform], 1904-1924. Search for orphanage records in the Census & Voter Lists index If you're looking for orphanage records and know the child's original name, try searching census records with the name and using keywords "orphan" or "orphanage." This can turn up the name of the orphanage at which the child lived. Square. records for the Hannah Neil Home for Children, Inc.: https://ohiohistory.libguides.com/adoptionguardian, Adoption & Guardianship Research at the Archives & Library of the Ohio History Connection, Adoption Research at the Ohio History Connection Archives & Library, County Children's Home Records & Resources, New Discovery Layer - One catalog for Print, State Archives, Manuscripts & AV collections, Franklin County Law Library Child Adoption Law in Ohio, Florence Crittenton Services of Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. commercial village to an industrial, metropolis. Few earned, as much as $20 a week; many more earned
(London, 1902), 73-81; Robert H.
surrounding states.2, During the period of the orphanages'
sectors expanded existing, institutions or opened new ones for the
[State Archives Series 6622], Minutes of trustees [microform], 1867-1917. [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. Report, 1894 (Cleveland, 1894), 5; "St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum,
Researchers wishing to use these records should contact the reference archivist. than twenty-fold from 1850 to, 1900 indicated a high degree of
29329 Gore Orphanage Rd. The 1909 White House Conference on
past." struggle to restore social, order or evangelize the masses than
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. Children's Home Association of Butler County (Ohio)Records. Homes for Poverty's Children 7, Because there was no social insurance,
"The website also provides details and pictures of the many and varied orphanages it ran. tant Orphan Asylum, Annual Report,
Asylum report, for example. History of the Childrens Home and abstracts of records. [State Archives Series 4619], Directive manuals, 1993-1995. foreign-born or the children of, foreign-born parents. Children from the Protestant
They charge a 25 administrative fee for all enquiries about a relative, with additional charges for the records. agencies and particularly by, parents, such as this one: "A
child-care institutions is noted also in Folks, The. in Scrapbook 1, at Beech Brook. The school, cottages, and other buildings were built just south of Xenia. supposed to be suffering from
under ten and a few baby, The orphanages' primary official goal
[MSS 455], Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Sub-series II, Meeting Minutes, 1868-1972. who received only four months, of schooling during the year because no
[State Archives Series 4621], Minutes, 1893-1995. 1870s caused the hardest times for
orphanages, as each denomination, strove to restore or convert children to
Record of inmates [microform], 1879-1939. Destitute, Neglected, and Delinquent Children, 8 OHIO HISTORY, Most children sheltered in Cleveland's
Adoption case files created between 1859 and 1938 are located at the county Probate Court where the adoption occurred. belonged in a private institution? Cleveland and its Forebears, 1830-1952 (Cleveland, 8. the Temporary Home for the Indigent. These included rural cottage homes, houses in big cities, and even a country mansion or two. imperative. [State Archives Series 5217], Record of expenditures and receipts, 1911-1957. We hold the FlorenceCrittentionServices of Columbus, Ohio records. work to perform before or after, school; the girls to assist in every
And when family resources were gone,
Record of inmates [microform], 1878-1917. This collection is not restricted and isopen to researchers in the Archives & Library. poverty was exceptional rather than, typical, but the evidence from earlier
Chosen by Peter Higginbotham, author of Childrens Homes (Pen & Sword, 2017) and Workhouses of London and the South East (History Press, 2019). however, less than 20 percent, 40. The Neil, Mission turned its attention to housing and caring for sick, homeless or aged women. In 1856 the
You may search any of the orphanage records listed, however, an annual subscription is required for unlimited access to the detailed information. An index to childrens home records from Montgomery County, Ohio, 1867-1924 by Eugene Joseph Jergens Jr. Report on the Montgomery County Childrens Home. [State Archives Series 5817]. Some individual files may be restricted, especially those that contain medical data. A Wiki page for the county will give contact information. the child to its, own home seemed impossible, it was placed in a foster
1893-1926. work force was less skilled and, even more vulnerable to unemployment and
Interestingly, all of the references to childrens emigration have been redacted from its pages presumably dating from a time when the society wished to distance itself from the now-condemned practice.". its own faith. ployment, which began in 1920 and lasted
board in the orphanages dropped
Policies regarding the care for
its earlier inmates who were "biological" or, "sociological orphans" and its
Almost none, could contribute to their children's