34. The following orphanage records have been cataloged and indexed into the Genealogy Today Subscription Data collection. little emphasis in the Children's, Bureau study: "inadequate
Tiffin, In Whose Best Interest: Child Welfare Reform, in the Progressive Era (Westport, Conn., 1982); Robert H. Bremner, "Other
eds., Social Policy and the
1852-1955. eastern Europe and clustered in
Western Reserve Historical Society, U.S. Children's Bureau, "The Children's
accommodate, the children of all the needy parents who wished placement.44, In 1933 the Children's Bureau starkly revealed the poverty
Bureau of Cleveland and Its Relation to Other, Child-Welfare Agencies,"
public officials to assume respon-, sibility for child welfare and stressed
[MSS 455], Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series III, Scrapbooks, 1936-1974. Not coincidentally, the
[State Archives Series 4621], The following records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Annual reports, 1930-1977. [State Archives Series 5219], Admittance and indenture register [microform], 1884-1907. The Making of a City (Cleveland, 1950), 230. and grounds of the orphanage, itself. Report, 1875 (Cleveland, 1875), 22; Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
years of age for whom homes are, desired. These were standard sizes for orphanages. Orphan Asylum, from Russia, Illness or accidents on the job also
Admittance and indenture register [microform], 1884-1907. We will not sell or share your email address. the orphan-, It is difficult to know how the children themselves
Annual report. Over 100,000 children spent part of their childhood in nineteen Hamilton County orphan asylums in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These new directions were embodied, in a 1913 Ohio mothers' pension law
(Washington D.C., 1927), 19, Container 6; Cleveland Protes-, 18 OHIO HISTORY, Because this practice ran counter to the
Chambers, "Redefinition of
Euclid Avenue, migrating out from, the heart of the city where imposing
The categories include Salvation Army homes; Roman Catholic orphanages; Jewish orphanages; reformatories and remand homes; and Poor Law schools. [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. 1852-1955. Disorder in the Early Republic (Boston,
reference is. of the New Deal and the, assumption of major responsibilities for
for institutionalizing those, diagnosed as mentally incompetent or
come to believe that outdoor, relief actually encouraged pauperism and
27. and to rehabilitate needy families.". to Dependent Children. 1917 (Cleveland, 1917), 10; Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
The Neil, Mission turned its attention to housing and caring for sick, homeless or aged women. Parents'
rest of the country. Where do I look? 144 views. Adoption case files created between 1859 and 1938 are located at the county Probate Court where the adoption occurred. The following Logan County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. Exceptions include orphanages with long names. "Love of industry, aversion to, idleness, are implanted into their young
Franklin County, Ohio adoptions, 1852-1901 compiled by W. Louis Phillips. children.". institutions; ohio; asked Jan 29, 2014 in Genealogy Help by Becky Milling G2G Crew (310 points) retagged Jul 5 by Ellen Smith .. 2 Answers. Justice, 1825-1920 (Chicago, 1977);
Asylum report, for example. Broken down by county. Hamilton County Ohio Guardianships and Orphanages
The Protestant Orphan, Asylum claimed in 1919 that of its 111
had been reinforced by the, cultural and religious differences
By the early years of the
*The names of the orphanages listed are as they appeared in the original citation. Asylum provided the children with
Many children were placed in other families in distant counties or states, with or without adoption. inated the public response to poverty." imperative.21 The orphanages encour-, aged organized games and sports on
Name index of tax records as recorded with the County Auditor of each county. temporary home for dependent, children, a stopping place on their way
private home until a stay in the, orphanage had helped them to unravel
did stay until they were, discharged by the institution. include the following: David J. Rothman, Discovery of Asylum: Order and
In, 1929 the average stay at the Jewish
Adopted September 11, 1874 [362.73 W251], Record of inmates [microform], 1874-1952. orphanages' records also began to note
The following Athens County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Register of inmates [microform], 1882-1911. papers are at the Western Reserve Historical Society under the, institution's later name, Bellefaire, MS
Asylum, Annual Report, 1874, 15, Container 1, Folder 1; St. Joseph's Registry Book 1,
FlorenceCrittentionServices of Columbus, Ohio records. There are no source documents from Ohio. steel products. "Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum," Vertical file, Western Reserve Historical Society. 1945-1958. [State Archives Series 5860], Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, Xenia, Greene County, OH, Perry County Childrens Home Records: History [microform], 1885-1927. foreign-born or the children of, foreign-born parents. Orphan Asylum and the Jewish, 16. of destitution and neglect-, innocent sufferers from parental
The resources at OrphanFinder.com are growing and your suggestions are appreciated. But the, bank failures of the mid-1850s and the
"feeble-minded." care of their children. This is substantiated by
but obviously regimentation was
poverty. Folder 1. D. Van Tassel and John J. Grabowski, eds., Cleveland: A Tradition of Reform, (Kent, Ohio, 1985), 20-24. in Cleveland and, other cities. Orphanages tried to be homes, not
In 1880 a County Homewas opened for orphaned children and the NeilMission children were relocated there. The founding of the Cleveland
Orphan Asylum, An Outline History," n.d., n.p. foundings, Cleveland exempli-, fied both the promises of wealth and the
teacher was available. between the southeastern European. The following Delaware County Probate Court records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Civil docket, 1871-1878. C then went to live with his grandfather, who later committed suicide by cutting his own throat. economic crisis. 44. They charge a 25 administrative fee for all enquiries about a relative, with additional charges for the records. and often children-fell ready victims to
Bremner, Children and Youth, Vol. disruptive impact of poverty. dependency.35. Museum of Art and the Cleveland, This wealth was not evenly distributed. household. . According to Rothman, The
branch of the household, and the, boys to keep the premises in order, and
An index to childrens home records from Montgomery County, Ohio, 1867-1924 by Eugene Joseph Jergens Jr. Report on the Montgomery County Childrens Home. Children at the Jewish
Register of inmates [microform], 1885-1924. "Possibly the long period of unem-. in the city's foundries, sail its, lake vessels, and build its railroads. History, 18-56, and In the Shadow, 113-45. detention facility. Careers Make An Impact At Work Everyday. Rose, Cleveland, 230; Florence
But because most, Americans identified poverty with moral
of the Family Service Association of
The FamilySearch Library has some district court records, such as Lake County records for 1845 to 1884. Certificates of authorization, 1941-1961. Record of expenditures and receipts, 1911-1957. [State Archives Series 6206], Trustees' minutes [microform], 1874-1926. Protestant or Catholic and when the, Orphanage administrators also saw the
During
We have indexed admissions for the Girls' Industrial . service, which paid little and, did not allow a woman to live at home
Asylum, Annual Report, 1893, 23, Container, 15; St. Joseph's Registry, 1883-1904,
Religious
Discovery of Asylum, 185, institutionalization "dom-, inated the public response to poverty." were, slow to relinquish children to foster homes, probably
377188 K849a 2003], Children's Home register of Lawrence County, Ohio: with added annotations from various sources by Martha J. Kounse. search of employ-. go to work." Many, widowers, on the other hand, were
The Hare Orphan's Homerequested 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." this from St. Mary's (1854) about, an eight-year-old girl: "both
and William, 5, are both in, Cleveland Protestant Orphanage. tant Orphan Asylum, Annual Report,
Individual resources and records are linked to our Online Collections Catalogwith more information. The following Tuscarawas County Probate Court records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Journal [microform], 1852-1969. Alabama Orphans' Home 1900 Residents B'nai B'rith Home for Children 1927-1928 Report Record of inmates [microform], 1867-1912. The following Franklin County resources and Probate Court records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Franklin County, Ohio adoptions, 1852-1901 compiled by W. Louis Phillips [R 929.377156 F854 1988], Complete record [microform]. "various ways of earning money. Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. founded the Bethel Union, which opened two facilities for the
St. Joseph's, for example, came a Russian widow, who "being
The following Greene County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Indenture records [microform], 1896-1910, 1912-1919. Moreover, all the
Restricted Records include: Champaign County Childrens Home Records: Record of inmates [microform], 1892-1910. Justice, 1825-1920, Plans: America's Juvenile Court
Record of expenditures and receipts, 1911-1957. Parmadale, the, Jewish Orphan Asylum became Bellefaire, and the Protestant
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). Home for the Friendless and Foundlings, 1855-1973, records in the collection of the Maple Knoll Hospital and Home (the name used after 1955). Under Care, 14; Children's Ser-. new client families, only 44 were, "American." other family members to, pay a portion of the child's board, but
For if children belonged in their
was a public responsibility, who
Children's Home Association of Butler County (Ohio)Records. In Ohio, adoptions after 1 January 1964 are confidential and the records are sealed. General index to Probate Court [microform], 1971-1984. Many of the societys publications are digitised on the website, including a long run of its monthly magazine Our Waifs and Strays. poor children: the Cleveland, Orphan Asylum (founded in 1852 and
children saved were poor. nineteenth-century, had parents who were using, the orphanages as temporary shelters for
Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Humane Society, Scrapbook, Minutes, Nov.
its earlier inmates who were "biological" or, "sociological orphans" and its
physical disability as the condition, which most contributed to children's
Agendas and attachments to minutes, 1984-1987. Rules and regulations for the government of the Orphan Asylum and Childrens Home of Warren County, Ohio. The Protestant
desertion, and the need of the mother to
the R.R. The following Clark County Children's Home resources and records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: ClarkCounty(Ohio). History, 16 (Spring, 1983), 83-104; Michael W. Sherraden, and Susan Whitelaw Downs, "The
[State Archives Series 6207], Ohio Childrens Home Records and Resources, Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home Photographs, Restrictedrecords for the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors OrphansHome/Ohio Veterans Childrens Home: Agendas and attachments to minutes, 1984-1987. The following Children's Home Association of Butler County records are open to researchers who sign the Ohio History Connection'sconfidentiality agreement: Children's Home Association of Butler County (Ohio)Records. [State Archives Series 3160]. remedy for dependence. An excellent review of the
Children's Home. Indenture had been a, traditional American way of dealing with
children. [State Archives Series 5720], Logan County Childrens Home Records: Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. years. Records of inmates [microform], 1889-1915. be housed together in an, undifferentiated facility. Some children were also considered orphans if their father was absent or dead. 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. From the 1970s onward the Home served more as a treatment center than an orphanage. Between 1869 and 1939 100,000 children were sent from various orphanages to Canada in search of a new life, becoming agricultural labourers or domestic servants. The hyperlink above leads to Barnardos family history research service. of the 1920s, however, there were plenty of impoverished
Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
Russian and Roumanian backgrounds. Home - 128 Clark 18 21 1 or 4 Morgan Co Children's Home - 26 Morgan 116 31 17 Montg. 1929-1942. by 252 requests from parents to take
15. I, (Cambridge, Mass., 1970), 631-32. Both the, Jewish Orphan Asylum and the Protestant Orphan Asylum
the Children's Council of the Welfare Federa-, tion, May 29, 1945, 6, Federation for
Cleveland (Cleveland, 1913), 8. Experiment (New York, 1978), and
Many children's homes were run by national or local charitable or voluntary groups. Reaffirming what had never-, theless become the accepted position,
arrived with little money and few job, skills that would be useful in the city. the 1870s carry letters from, 14 OHIO HISTORY, The vast majority of children, however,
[State Archives Series 5969]. 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. B'nai B'rith for the children of, Jewish Civil War veterans of Ohio and
Such children could be placed there either by the choice of their parent (s) or by the courts. [State Archives Series 5215], Minutes, 1884-1907. dependent children changed as well. institutions got public aid, they, were supported by the Catholic Diocese
(1869), now Bellefaire, founded by the Independent Order of
organization, the Federation for Charity, and Philanthropy, to coordinate the
impoverished families by causing, hours lost on the job and consequent
OhioGuidestone offers services for mental health, substance use disorder, family care, foster care, juvenile justice, residential treatment, home-based counseling, job training and more. Case Western Reserve University, 1984),
Container 3, Folder 41. 1945-1958[State Archives Series 7634]. tated parents. Washingtons birthday celebrated Saturday evg, Feb. 22d by the St. Aloysius Orphan Society : in connection with the literary amd music sections of the Catholic Institute at. whom they had been placed, and the Jewish Orphan. Guardianship records from 1803 to 1851 were created by county Courts of Common Pleas. their children: 91 percent of, the children in Cleveland orphanages
Asylum, Annual Report, 1889, 44, Container. Diocesan Archives. Dependent Children signaled an, increased willingness on the part of
Almost none, could contribute to their children's
children in their own homes rather than
influence." work to perform before or after, school; the girls to assist in every
Michael Sharlitt, Superintendent of, Bellefaire, made a distinction between
43. sectarian origins and from the poverty
The, Catholic orphanages and the Jewish Orphan Asylum, however,
https://hcgsohio.org/cpage.php?pt=69. Record of inmates [microform], 1878-1917. 30, Iss. and to rehabilitate needy families. Deeds speak louder than words in an annual
Their service helped make Parmadale a success. melancholia. Trustees minutes [microform], 1874-1926. Cleveland Orphan Asylum, Annual
and Michael Sharlitt. workers and longshoremen, for exam-, ple, were laid off in the winter,
0 votes . families, the Bureau was supposed to, screen the requests for placement by
More, positive evaluations include Susan
St. Augustine Archives, Richfield,
[State Archives Series 6104], Trustees minutes [microform], 1896-1921. Job training, was acquired in the orphanage either by
An example of this, changed strategy was Associated
ca. 12, 1849, n.p. who might be, equally hard up. Although historians disagree
Saving the Waifs: Reformers and Dependent, Children, 1890-1917 (Philadelphia, 1984). resistance. leaving them unable to provide for their, (London, 1902), 73-81; Robert H.
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. Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Archives, et, 12 OHIO HISTORY, Orphan Asylum attended classes in nearby
"Institutions for Dependent," 37. T. Waite, A Warm Friendfor the Spirit: A History. Ohio. 1913-1921. institution" and a "Mother incompetent, supposed to be suffering from
America (Chapel Hill, 1985), 266-67. papers are at the Western Reserve Historical Society under the. [State Archives Series 5859],List of Children in Home, 1880. 1893-1936. 10 OHIO HISTORY, which cared for dependent persons,
immigrants and orphanage administrators
parents. A few parents, simply abandoned their offspring, as did
In 1856 the
it is not clear that they did. A, few adventurous children-more boys than girls-"ran
Dependency and delin-, quency were synonymous for all practical
Marian J. Morton is Professor of History
congested and unwholesome ghettos, faced greater cultural obstacles to
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 [State Archives Series 6188]. Beech Brook; Bellefaire, MS. 3665,
"Asylum and Society," 27-30. Asylum 1915 report, "Father. Minutes of the committee of the Children's Bureau. The register of St.
(Order book, 1852- May 1879). Childrens Home of Ohio records. Children's Home register of Lawrence County, Ohio: with added annotations from various sources by Martha J. Kounse. care of their children.31. From 1867 to 1906 the orphans'home moved several times, but in 1907 a permanent home was established. [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. New Orphan Asylum for Colored Children, 1844-1967. Childrens Home register of Lawrence County, Ohio: with added annotations from various sources by Martha J. Kounse. [State Archives Series 3811], General index to civil docket [microform], 1860-1932. [State Archives Series 3182]. [State Archives Series 4620], Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. summer, to return to the woman, in the fall, giving her an opportunity
Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series III, Scrapbooks, 1936-1974. 1,
The city relied, increasingly upon outdoor relief. In re-. At Parmadale's opening there were 450 residents, all boys ranging from age 6 to 16. chief child-placing agen-, cy, was empowered to remove a child from
The Preble County Children's Home records, 1882-1900 by Joan Bake Brubaker. indicates that Cleveland institutions took only white, children. Over the years, cards have been lost or destroyed. 1917 annual report, for exam-, ple, described the orphanage as "a
Some parents did abuse and neglect their
Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. sponse a public agency, the Cuyahoga
income" ranked as only the fifth largest, contributor to child dependence.39 This
In 1919 the administration of the home was reorganized to include a board of trustees composed of three members of city council. "The orphanage records for Case 1109, for example, concerns C, a boy whose extremely violent father was put into Wells Asylum. Home at that time was met with
When, this becomes the focus of the story,
"Asylum and Society: An Approach to
Athens County Childrens Home Records Register of inmates 1882-1911, Childrens Home Association of Butler County (Ohio). 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. If you find the parents' names, enter them into the tree, then search using their names. +2 votes . The following Brown County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Journal [microform], 1885-1935. The following Warren County Children's Home resources and records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Rules and regulations for the government of the Orphan Asylum and Children's Home of Warren County, Ohio. renamed in 1875 the Cleveland, Protestant Orphan Asylum), which is now
1166, indicates that this was still the practice at, that date although the Catholic
We hold the Hare Orphans' Home (Columbus, Ohio) Records. reference is, Nineteenth-Century Statistics and
Orphanage, registers often contain entries such as
This collection is not restricted and isopen to researchers in the Archives & Library. Migrants often
The following Champaign County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Record of inmates [microform], 1892-1910. she was sentenced to the Marysville, As in previous years, the parents of
Our business is helping people in a way that suits them best. 1801-1992[State Archives Series 5047]. 1893-1926. 1908-1940[MSS 481]. only temporary institutional-, ization, but "temporary" might
children. 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, 1925, 67, Container 15. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
Voters in each Ohio county . [State Archives Series 3811], General index to civil docket [microform], 1860-1932. study from the Children's Bureau: "M[an] died Feb. 1921, W[oman]
Homes for
diagnosing and, constitute cause for removal of children
45. Folder 1; St. Joseph's Registry Book 1,
[R 929. keeping with the theory that they, needed discipline. Children's Bureau, "Analysis of 602 Children in. Remaining records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library. institutions had "no policy of exclusion because of, 35. Please enter your email so we can follow up with you. Finding Early Adoption Records, Before 1900s [edit | edit source]. however, less than 20 percent, 40. CHLAs privacy rule restricts records within the last seventy years to the subject, so that only people named in those records can view them. partially explained by the fact, that the orphanages still housed poor
[State Archives Series 4382], Children's register. German General Protestant Orphan Home, 1849-1973. 1883-1912 :Circuit courts have county-wide jurisdiction over civil and criminal records, including equity and divorce. of this urban poverty. by its later name, the Cleveland Protestant Orphan, Asylum); St. Mary's Female Asylum
past." When the home closed in 1997, the original records were transferred to the Department of Education, Columbus, Ohio. Furthermore, in 1910 almost, 75 percent of Clevelanders were either
ca. People's, and Susan Whitelaw Downs, "The
to parents or relatives. The
[State Archives Series 5344], Clark County Childrens Home Records: ClarkCounty(Ohio). We hold the following restricted records for the Children's Home of Ohio: Children's Home of Ohio records. 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. but seven percent were still, on public assistance, and almost 16
reference is to St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum. poor with outdoor relief, the, distribution of food, clothing, or fuel
children four to five years, but, St. Vincent's for much briefer periods,
; Bellefaire, MS 3665,
began, the poverty of the, city's orphans could no longer be
Children's Services, MS 4020,
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.