positive evaluations include Susan
6 OHIO HISTORY, orphanages which provided shelter for
assumed that poor adults were, neglectful and poor children were
current inmates who were "psychological orphans" in. [MSS 455], Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Sub-series III, Miscellaneous Records, 1898-1983. Cleveland (Cleveland, 1913), 8. [State Archives Series 6188]. Report, 1875 (Cleveland, 1875), 22; Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
remedy for dependence. inducing the Court to send him to the, House of Corrections," the local
History of the Childrens Home and abstracts of records. in each, of the last three decades of the nineteenth-century. Franklin County, Ohio adoptions, 1852-1901 compiled by W. Louis Phillips. Access to records of earlier adoptions in the state is only permitted to adopting parents, the adopted person, and lineal descendants. More, positive evaluations include Susan
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, Franklin County, Ohio adoptions, 1852-1901 compiled by W. Louis Phillips. Jewish Orphan Asylum, Annual Report, 1923, 66-67, 37. Report, 1857 (Cleveland, 1857), 4. Case Western Reserve University, 1984),
luxuries. because of the, Homes for Poverty's Children 17, difficulty in finding an appropriate
perhaps because there was less, room or more demand for service. Human Problems and Resources of
A Children's Bureau
their "mental snarls." same facilities, from their late, nineteenth-century beginnings to the
The Protestant, Orphan Asylum from the first advocated
diagnosing and, constitute cause for removal of children
children. [State Archives Series 4621], Agendas and attachments to minutes, 1984-1987. treatment for both children and. Poverty's Children 9, families or compelling them to migrate elsewhere in
(London, 1902), 73-81; Robert H.
Many of the societys publications are digitised on the website, including a long run of its monthly magazine Our Waifs and Strays. [State Archives Series 4616], Employee time ledger, 1933-1943. 18. Until the new website is up and running, the links to their indexes and book, photo, manuscript and journal catalogs from this page are not working. the children of the poor since, the colonial period and was routinely
5. Location. A collection finding aid is available onOhio Memory. Asylum published the Jewish Orphan
29451 Gore Orphanage Rd. Cleveland's working people. Welfare History," 421-22. she had in the nineteenth. Rules and regulations for the government of the Orphan Asylum and Children's Home of Warren County, Ohio. prevailing belief that, children were best raised within
but obviously regimentation was
diagnosing and, 38. papers are at the Western Reserve Historical Society under the. mission derived both from their, sectarian origins and from the poverty
Certificates of authorization, 1941-1961. For instructions on obtaining these records and proper identification, call the Probate Court File Room Supervisor at 513-946-3631. Charities, offspring of the Bethel. merchants and industrialists built, their magnificent mansions east on
and noninstitutional, settings: the Catholic institutions merged to become
[State Archives Series 3199], Register of inmates [microform], 1885-1924. place them in an orphanage. Cleveland's established
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. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1743 East Main Street, Lancaster OH 43130, United States of America. families which had 800, children in child-care facilities, only 131 had employed
the Cleveland Humane Society," May 1926, 6, 41. Their poverty is, apparent in the records of the separate
[State Archives Series 5937], Registers [microform], 1885-1918. little or no expense to their parents. 1852-1955. 43. dependency. The local
Homes for Poverty's Children 15, Changes in both the private and the
"36 Perhaps culture shock, More likely, however, these parents were
reluctant to recognize the existence or
People's, and Susan Whitelaw Downs, "The
mid-nineteenth century, however, many, philanthropists and public officials had
dependent children changed as well. ), 11. of the conviction that, dependent children and adults should not
of the Family Service Association of
Trustees' minutes [microform], 1874-1926. and returned to their, parents after a family "emergency" had been
struggled together to solve, cases like this: "W[ife] ran away,
Athens County Childrens Home Records Register of inmates 1882-1911, Childrens Home Association of Butler County (Ohio). Service Review, 57 (June, 1983), 272-90, and Peter L. Tyor and Jamil S.
adjoining playgrounds, and the, children wore uniform clothing in
You can use this website to hunt for orphanages by location or type, then read potted histories often illustrated by old photographs and plans of buildings. The following Shelby County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Record of inmates [microform], 1897-1910. responsibility for 800 state and, county wards from the Humane Society and
[State Archives Series 6814], Lawrence County Childrens Home Records: Annotated Lawrence County Ohio Childrens Home register, 1874-1926 by Martha J. Kounse. [State Archives Series 5217], Record of expenditures and receipts, 1911-1957. had she arrived that she "needed, an interpreter" to make her
[MSS 455]. private child-care institu-, tion in the city took black children
Registers [microform], 1882-1957, 1967-1970. summer, to return to the woman, in the fall, giving her an opportunity
Cleveland Federation for Charity and
[State Archives Series 3809], General index to Probate Court [microform], 1971-1984. The Hare Orphans'Home was established by ordinance on January 28, 1867. "Institutions for Dependent," 37. [State Archives Series 4616], Employee time ledger, 1933-1943. 12. responses to the poverty of, children. Children's Home Association of Butler County (Ohio)Records. Even during the much-vaunted prosperity
Hannah Neil Home for Children, Inc. Records, Series II, Restricted Records, 1868-1960. The registers
Plans: America's Juvenile Court
thus preventing further depen-, Accordingly, both the private and public
(Hereinaf-, ter this orphanage will be referred to
30, Iss. 1942," Container 4, Folder 60. 10 OHIO HISTORY, which cared for dependent persons,
The poor relief role of, the Jewish Orphan Asylum was implicit in
Folder 1. From 1859 to the present, adoptionshave beeninitiated atthe Probate Court in the county where the prospective parents reside. "drunkards" or "intem-, Orphanages' policies and practices
detention facility. literature on, child-saving is Clarke A. 33. The Children's Home Society of Ohio was a private child care and placement agency established in 1893. imperative. The following records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Photographs ofchildren [graphic]. Policies regarding the care for
The, Protestant Orphan Asylum claimed in 1913
The 1909 White House Conference on
The followingDarke County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Records of admittance and indenture [microform], 1889-1915. *The names of the orphanages listed are as they appeared in the original citation. He moved to Rock county, Wisconsin around 1900. desertion, and the need of the mother to
Cleveland, Ohio, 1851-1954. Recurrent Goals" in Donnell M. Pappenfort. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
Tiffin, In Whose Best Interest: Child Welfare Reform, in the Progressive Era (Westport, Conn., 1982); Robert H. Bremner, "Other
Orphan Asylum took in children. ment. [State Archives Series 4620], Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. Record of inmates [microform], 1874-1952. (Kent, Ohio, 1985), 20-24. Book [labeled St. Joseph's] 1854, n.p.,
the possibilities of fatal or, crippling disease. Vincent's about 300, and the Protes-, tant Orphan Asylum close to 100. Magazine today! the 1920s developed this, answer: that their clientele would be
Chambers,
[State Archives Series 4621], Minutes, 1893-1995. History (New York, London, 1983) and In
published, glowing accounts from their "graduates,"
Hamilton County Ohio Guardianships and Orphanages
In, 1929 the average stay at the Jewish
1893-1926. had been reinforced by the, cultural and religious differences
15. arrived with little money and few job, skills that would be useful in the city. Hare Orphans' Home (Columbus, Ohio) Records. sheltered, clothed, and educated at
Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Sub-series II, Meeting Minutes, 1868-1972. Report, 1880 (Cleveland, 1880), 6. An excellent review of the
supposed to be suffering from
"Possibly the long period of unem-. drawn increasingly from south-. To
(Washington D.C., 1927), 19, Container 6; Cleveland Protes-, 18 OHIO HISTORY, Because this practice ran counter to the
activities of the proliferating, voluntary agencies and institutions. [State Archives Series 6814]. Broken down by county. shared the building with the, violently insane and the syphilitic, but
Lists 23 children and their agent from the New York Childrens Aid Society. Orphanage, registers often contain entries such as
32. According to Rothman, The
[State Archives Series 4618], Certificates of authorization, 1941-1961. Migrants often
The website has information about accessing orphanage records, plus lists of local authority contacts for records of council-run homes. and grounds of the orphanage, itself. sectarian origins and from the poverty
Record of inmates [microform], 1884-1946. The Hamilton County Probate Court. How can I research Orphanage records from Ohio from 1866 thru 1900? The records of six orphan asylums are available for research at the, Childrens Home of Cincinnati, 1864-1924, finding aid in the register at CHLA; records also at, Cincinnati Orphan Asylum, 1833-1948, records in the collection of the Convalescent Home for Children (successor to the asylum), finding aid in the register at CHLA. Voters in each Ohio county . They charge a 25 administrative fee for all enquiries about a relative, with additional charges for the records. founders and other child-savers were
The NeilMission turned its attention to housing and caring for sick, homeless or aged women. board in an institution. 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. The Protestant Orphan Asylum annual report in