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The Orphans' Website Updates
February - April, 2001


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    First day on-line: February 10, 2001
   First Announcements: February 16, 2001

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February 19   New Lists Added:
  • Nebraska, 1900, Douglas County
  • New Hampshire, 1900, Rockingham County
   Previously added:
  • Michigan, 1910, Wayne County
  • New Jersey, 1895, Somerset County
  • New Jersey, 1900, Union County
  • Pennsylvania, 1900: Lancaster, Berks, and Lehigh Counties

  Other: Computer Room, Addresses (Britain, Australia/New South Wales)

February 20   New Section Added in the Computer Room:
  • Orphan Genealogy on the Web
February 21   New List Added:
  • Montana: Lewis & Clark County
    (high percentage UK/Canadian ancestry)

  Other: New Zealand Addresses, Links (both in Computer Room), Library        References.

February 22   Additional Links added to the Computer Room: Orphan & Genealogy     Links
February
23-25		   Planned Downtime at Rootsweb
February 26   New List Added:
  • Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County
February 28   New List Added:
  • New Jersey, Hudson County
March 1   New List Added:
  • Pennsylvania, Allegheny County
March 3   New List Added:
  • Pennsylvania, Allegheny County
  New Section added to Library (& references added therein):
  • Orphans, Home Children, and Ancestors In Print
    Links added

March 5   New Lists Added:
  • New Jersey, Essex County (380 names and many Transcriber's remarks; allow page time to download)
  • Nevada, Ormsby County
March 7   First Letter Added to "Letters From Genealogists":
  • Don't ever give up, even if told no records exist
    Links added
March 9   New List Added:
  • Illinois, 1880, Cook County (first list for this state)
    Graphics Credits updated
       Backgrounds by Marie, Pambytes

March 11   New Lists:
  • Pennsylvania, Berks County
  • Illinois, Cook County, 1920 (name of orphanage not given in the census)
   Letters Added to "Letters from Genealogists"

March 13   New Lists:
  • Missouri, City of St. Louis
  • Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, 1870 (name of orphanage not given in the census)

March 17   Updated Notepad census citations to show lists not yet transcribed but on   the way to Transcribers

March 19   New Lists:
  • Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, 1900
  • New Jersey, Hudson County, 1900
March 20   New List:
  • New Hampshire, Merrimack County, 1900
March 21   New Lists:
  • Illinois, Cook County, 1880
  • Illinois, Cook County, 1910

March 22   New List:
  • Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, 1900

March 23   New List:
  • Illinois, Cook County, 1900

March 24   Updates to the Library:
  • New Books
  • New Section Added: Ancestry.com Book Corner

March
26-27		   New List:
  • Illinois, Lake View, Cook County, 1870 (Unnamed Orphan Asylum in this census)
  New Section Started: Orphanage Fact Sheets (accessible from homepage)
This section will be added to as soon as any information becomes available for any orphanage/institution that housed orphans. The information includes but is not necessarily limited to the following:
  • Dates of operation
  • Various names and addresses of the institution during the course of its history
  • Location of records (including rosters, registration books, etc.)
  • The institution's record in relation to censuses (i.e., whether or not the institution reported to the censuses)
  First fact sheet entered for: Belmont County Children's Home, Tacoma (near   Barnesville), Ohio

  Other Updates: New Links added in Computer Room
March 30   New Lists:
  • Illinois, Cook County, 1910, Individual Listing
  • Pennsylvania, Franklin County, 1900

April 6: Site owner and family are moving to new home and updates will resume April 12, 2001. Your patience will be appreciated! Please feel free to contact me via email in meantime.

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