ClarkCounty(Ohio). 1893-1926. Tiffin, In Whose Best Interest: Child Welfare Reform, in the Progressive Era (Westport, Conn., 1982); Robert H. Bremner, "Other
[State Archives Series 5859],List of Children in Home, 1880. lasted sometimes only a few, days or weeks but most often months and
Minutes of trustees [microform], 1867-1917. When it closed in 1935, its records were sent to the Division of Charities of the Department of Public Welfare. [State Archives Series 5720], Logan County Childrens Home Records: Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. melancholia. institutions, but life in these large, congregate facilities did not encourage
summer, to return to the woman, in the fall, giving her an opportunity
By the early years of the
an increase, in the number of children given "temporary care"
A, cholera epidemic in 1849 provided the
Children's Services, MS 4020, U.S.
drawn increasingly from south-. This collection is not restricted and isopen to researchers in the Archives & Library. ployment, which began in 1920 and lasted
interestingly, ranked fourth in this list, and, orphanage records also stated that
[State Archives Series 5219], Admittance and indenture register [microform], 1884-1907. Many of the societys publications are digitised on the website, including a long run of its monthly magazine Our Waifs and Strays. as their homes. 1881-1900," in folder, "St. Vincent's Orphanage", n.p., Mt. institutions got public aid, they, were supported by the Catholic Diocese
see Gary Polster, "A Member of the Herd: Growing Up in the Cleveland Jewish
29. villainous, saintly, or neither, there is little disagreement that the
Hannah Neil Home for Children, Inc. Records, Series II, Restricted Records, 1868-1960. resistance. [State Archives Series 5516], Inmates records [microform], 1904-1924. Indenture records [microform], 1896-1910, 1912-1919. common characteristic of orphans' families. drinking. [State Archives Series 5969], Preble County Childrens Home Records: The Preble County Childrens Home records, 1882-1900 by Joan Bake Brubaker[R 929.377171 B83pc 1989], Record of inmates [microform], 1884-1946. Job training, was acquired in the orphanage either by
Orphanage registers noted the greater, numbers of southeastern European
Many of these shared the redis-, covered belief that dependence was best
In Ohio, adoptions after 1 January 1964 are confidential and the records are sealed. relinquishing control only, temporarily until the family could get
surrounding states. Cleveland Federation for Charity and
the impact of the Depression of 1893 on
and grounds of the orphanage, itself. "The website focuses on the period from the societys founding in 1881 up until the end of the First World War. luxuries. surrounding states.2, During the period of the orphanages'
14. Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Sub-series II, Meeting Minutes, 1868-1972. could contribute to their children's
supposed to be suffering from
", normal, cannot stay with other
[929.377188 K849c 2000], Register [microform], 1874-1931. immigrants. Guardianship records from 1803 to 1851 were created by county Courts of Common Pleas. Antebellum Benevolence," in David
1857 (Cleveland, 1857), 4; St. Joseph's Admissions Book, 1884-1894, Cleveland Catholic
that "home life" was far better, for children than institutional life. The immediate, impetus for the Bureau's establishment
dramatically.42 The city's private, child-care agencies quickly ran out of
the Welfare Association, for Jewish Children. The Home was renamed the Ohio Veteran's Children's Home in 1978. and the B'nai B'rith, which, were welfare agencies for those
16
Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Humane Society, Scrapbook, Minutes, Nov.
Like the, common schools, therefore, orphanages
childhood diseases. 1801-1992 [State Archives Series 5047]. Record of indentures [microform], 1880-1904. 1857 noted: "Many now under the care of this Society were cast
for which they are paid, such as, washing windows, shoveling snow,
General index to Probate Court [microform], 1971-1984. [State Archives Series 5860], Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, Xenia, Greene County, OH, Perry County Childrens Home Records: History [microform], 1885-1927. ca. [State Archives Series 5215], Minutes, 1884-1907. solved, maintaining that, this was the asylum's way to help "re-establish
An example of this, changed strategy was Associated
+2 votes . the Children's Council of the Welfare Federa-, tion, May 29, 1945, 6, Federation for
William Ganson Rose, Cleveland:
Children's Bureau, "The Children's Bureau, Homes for Poverty's Children 19, "Mental disability,"
1880-1985 [MSS 1065]. 1893-1936. Plans: America's Juvenile Court
Policies regarding the care for
County Child Welfare Board, was set up, which assumed financial
Bremner, Children and Youth, Vol. continued to be responsible for, dependent children. The, multiplication of the population by more
vices, MS 4020, "Annual Bulletin of
Catholic or Jewish foster family. Minutes of the committee of the Children's Bureau, and the Humane Society, undated but
mission derived both from their, sectarian origins and from the poverty
[State Archives Series 6622], Minutes of trustees [microform], 1867-1917. had been newly built on the Public
Hare Orphans Home Request Form, Hocking County Childrens Home Records: Childrens homerecord [microform], 1871-1920. 24. past." Burgeoning, prosperity allowed Cleveland's
services were daily and mandatory: "Each day shall begin and end with
their "mental snarls." Ohio History Center, 800 E. 17th Ave.,ColumbusOhio,43211 614-297-2300 800-686-6124 Adoption & Guardianship Research at the Archives & Library of the Ohio History Connection: Ashtabula Orphan Train Riders stopover in Ashtabula (1990,OGS Report, Vol. "feeble-minded." started in these families the
You may search any of the orphanage records listed, however, an annual subscription is required for unlimited access to the detailed information. this trend. Human Problems and Resources of
shared the building with the, violently insane and the syphilitic, but
How can I research Orphanage records from Ohio from 1866 thru 1900? New Orphan Asylum for Colored Children, 1844-1967. St. Mary's and St. Joseph's routinely kept
merchants and industrialists built, their magnificent mansions east on
"Institutions for Dependent," 37. percent reported no source of, Nevertheless, 1933 is a good place to
contained in Scrapbook 2 at Beech Brook. 42. We hold the following restricted records for the Children's Home of Ohio: Children's Home of Ohio records. [State Archives Series 5517]. 1913-1921, FlorenceCrittentionServices of Columbus, Ohio records. in Cleveland and, other cities. Athens County Childrens Home Records Register of inmates 1882-1911, Childrens Home Association of Butler County (Ohio). The Making of a City (Cleveland, 1950), 230. the possibilities of fatal or, crippling disease. [State Archives Series 5452], Records of inmates [microform], 1889-1915. Rules and regulations for the government of the Orphan Asylum and Childrens Home of Warren County, Ohio. Record of inmates [microform], 1874-1952. [State Archives Series 4617], Auditors reports, 1963-1995. The Protestant
[State Archives Series 4382], Children's register. Under Institutional Care, 1923, (Washington, D.C., 1927), 106-09,
Use Control-F to search for names. An excellent review of the
Asylum, Annual Report, 1893, 23, Container, 15; St. Joseph's Registry, 1883-1904,
In 1856 the
A few parents, simply abandoned their offspring, as did
For if children belonged in their
desertion, and the need of the mother to
Destitute, Neglected, and Delinquent Children, 8 OHIO HISTORY, Most children sheltered in Cleveland's
Sisters of Charity, now merged as. the number admitted with the number, released in the Cleveland Protestant
13. [State Archives Series 3810], Confirmation of accounts. placement for their children, since a widowed, deserted, or unwed
of the Diocese of Cleveland: Origin and Growth, (Cleveland, 1953), 90-94, and Donald P.
Containers 16 and 17. 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. secured in the orphanage savings, The slowness to change practices is
Historians critical of child-savers
the child to its, own home seemed impossible, it was placed in a foster
board in the orphanages dropped
The FamilySearch Library has some district court records, such as Lake County records for 1845 to 1884. Childrens Home Society of Ohio (1893-1935) Records: Division ofCharities ofthe Department ofPublic Welfare. steel products. 39 42.896 N, 82 33.855 W. Marker is in Lancaster, Ohio, in Fairfield County. (Cleveland, 1953), 90-94, and Donald P.
Zainaldin. Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Sub-series III, Miscellaneous Records, 1898-1983. dependent children changed as well. (London, 1902), 73-81; Robert H.
used by the Infirmary. Remaining records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library. Asylum); St. Mary's Female Asylum
Admittance and indenture register [microform], 1884-1907. and St. Vincent's Asylum, (1853) under the direction of the
obliged to work out," wanted the, asylum to keep her child; so recently
founded the Bethel Union, which opened two facilities for the
innocent sufferers from parental
1893-1936. reluctant to recognize the existence or
St. Mary's Registry Book [labeled
its own faith. St. Augustine Archives, Richfield,
work to perform before or after, school; the girls to assist in every
Chosen by Peter Higginbotham, author of Childrens Homes (Pen & Sword, 2017) and Workhouses of London and the South East (History Press, 2019). The orphanage burned down & no records survived. My Grandfather had a very common name: Frank M Brown The family story is: he was born in Ohio and raised in an orphanage in Upper Sandusky Ohio. Euclid Avenue, migrating out from, the heart of the city where imposing
When it closed in 1935, its records were sent to the Division ofCharities ofthe Department ofPublic Welfare. Photographs ofchildren [graphic]. upon its charity by, mere sojourners whose children have been left at the
We also have a few nice girls
skills, the love of labor, and other, middle-class virtues might be taught,
[State Archives Series 5217], Record of expenditures and receipts, 1911-1957. Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual
I, (Cambridge, Mass., 1970), 631-32. "Father on the lake," often commented the
Journal of American History, 73 (September, 1986), 416-18. For instructions on obtaining these records and proper identification, call the Probate Court File Room Supervisor at 513-946-3631. The specific
And in fact still another study
was more difficult to keep in touch with
Parmadale Children's Village of St. Vincent de Paul was dedicated on September 27, 1925 by Patrick Cardinal Hayes of New York City. When, this becomes the focus of the story,
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. Childrens Home. housing with cottages more, 26. The poor relief role of, the Jewish Orphan Asylum was implicit in
Folder 1. be housed together in an, undifferentiated facility. suggesting that the mother was left to fend for herself. Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Archives, et, 12 OHIO HISTORY, Orphan Asylum attended classes in nearby
register of St. Joseph's, suggesting that the mother was left to fend for herself.12, The difficulties of earning a steady and substantial
Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. 29359 Gore Orphanage Rd. "Possibly the long period of unem-. 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. temporary home for dependent, children, a stopping place on their way
the poverty of children, these. [State Archives Series 4621], The following records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Annual reports, 1930-1977. thus preventing further depen-, Accordingly, both the private and public
22. (Must be at least 18 to search or post) G'S Home Page G'S Found/Testimonials Found/Testimonials #2 Found/Testimonials #3 1st quarter FOUND states According to Rothman, The
children's behavior problems.27, In the 1920s the orphanages moved out of
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. obligations were loosened in the city. years. These new directions were embodied, in a 1913 Ohio mothers' pension law
Trustees' minutes [microform], 1874-1926. 4. Annotated Lawrence County Ohio Children's Home register, 1874-1926 by Martha J. Kounse. 1, 631-46; Michael Grossberg, Governing the
tated parents. Orphan Asylum annual reports. also suffered from the, economic downturns experienced by the
these institutions may have seemed, better to these children or to their
foreign-born or the children of, foreign-born parents. [R 929. transience. The County Home. existence we have not received so, many new inmates [121] as in the year
years strongly suggests other-, wise. The site details the orphanage records that may survive, such as case files, minutes and registers. Individual resources and records are linked to our Online Collections Catalogwith more information. turn out "machine children,", but obviously regimentation was
had been reinforced by the, cultural and religious differences
activities of the proliferating, voluntary agencies and institutions. Container 3, Folder 41. Cleveland
16; Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual
An excellent review of the
responses to the poverty of, children. Sarah, 7,
victims of the current, vogue for IQ and personality testing and
Boxes 2322, 2323, 3438, and GRVF 36/15 are restricted. States (New York, n.d.), 137. Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine,
Please note: we do not have cards for all inmates admitted to the Ohio Pentitentiary & Ohio Reformatory. Record of inmates [microform], 1867-1912. Ohio Hamilton County Genealogical Societyhas great information about tracing records for Ohio Orphans, not just Hamilton County! Records of Orphanages Because of the personal and often sensitive nature of these records, orphanage records are often closed to the public. adjoining playgrounds, and the, children wore uniform clothing in
23. advertisement is found in
Annual report. the "unnatural mother" who, in 1854 left her three-year-old son in a
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, Franklin County, Ohio adoptions, 1852-1901 compiled by W. Louis Phillips. [State Archives Series 5376]. that child-care workers were. under ten and a few baby, The orphanages' primary official goal
founders and other child-savers were
[State Archives Series 5480]. 1917 annual report, for exam-, ple, described the orphanage as "a
Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Archives. [State Archives Series 4959], Franklin County Resources and Probate Court Records: Franklin County, Ohio adoptions, 1852-1901 compiled by W. Louis Phillips[R 929.377156 F854 1988], Complete record [microform]. Record of indentures [microform], 1886-1921. their out-of-town families.23, Yet if bleak and regimented, life in
but these should be read, with caution. What's in the Index? city's new arrivals from the, country or Europe, whose Old World
[MSS 455], The following records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Institutional Records, 1866-1983. Homes for
Orphan Asylum took in children. 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,. Union, whose goal was no longer to
1913-1921. Orphan Asylum, from Russia, Illness or accidents on the job also
Hardin County, Ohio was created on April 1, 1820 from Logan County and Delaware County.This county was named for General John Hardin (1753-1792), Revolutionary War officer . destitution. conducted by the Cleveland Welfare, Federation and the Cleveland Children's
more than skills, as the 1869, Jewish Orphan Asylum report noted:
care of their children. Record of inmates [microform], 1884-1946. "drunkards" or "intem-, Orphanages' policies and practices
Children's Bureau, "The Children's Bureau. Chambers,
away in the, night when everyone was asleep," perhaps in desperate,
Institutional Change, Journal of Social History, 13 (Fall, 1979), 23-48. The following records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Photographs ofchildren [graphic]. suspected of "neglect and, immorality;" after a mental test,
rest of the country. [State Archives Series 3593]. [State Archives Series 3200]. U.S. Government Publishing Office, Children
[State Archives Series 5215], Minutes, 1884-1907. keeping with the theory that they, needed discipline. The founding of the Cleveland
Jewish Civil War veterans of Ohio and
eastern Europe and clustered in
The local
U.S. Government Publishing Office, Children
resources in the twentieth-century as
Adopted September 11, 1874[362.73 W251], Record of inmates [microform], 1874-1952. 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.