| June 1
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Links added to the Computer Room
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Karin Peterson's website: "The Orphan Connection: Honoring Orphans Who Are Making a Difference in the World"; (found in section "Orphan Genealogy on the Web: Honoring Orphans" of the Orphans' Computer Room). You will recognize some of the names of the orphans at Karin's site; take a moment and read the stories behind the names!
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Kelly Courtney-Blizzard's website: "Census Lookup Mailing Lists", which provides a link to each Census Lookup Mail list at Rootsweb; (found in section "Genealogy Links" of the Orphans' Computer Room). Kelly also provides links to additional on-line census projects.
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| June 2
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Pennsylvania Counties added to the 1902 Roster for the Soldiers' Orphan Schools of Pennsylvania: Dauphin, Delaware, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson and Juniata.
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June
5-10
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New Lists Added:
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Texas, Travis County, 1900
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First 500 names (almost halfway!) of St. Paul's R.C. Orphan Asylum, Chartiers Twp., Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1910, have now been added.
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Pennsylvania counties added to 1902, Soldiers' Orphan Schools of Pennsylvania Roster: Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, and Philadelphia. I will have the search engine re-index after the last county for today is uploaded therefore names on the latest lists may not show up yet in the site search engine. If all goes well, the remaining 15 PA counties will be added over the next 2 1/2 days. Thanks for your patience!
- Texas, Harris County, 1900
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| June 11
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A Memorial page for the 3 students who died, and select pages from the "Annual Report of the Soldiers' Orphan Schools of Pennsylvania", have been added to the roster section. PA Counties added: Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, and Sullivan.
The site search engine is now set to spider the Orphans' Guestbook entries as well as the Orphans' Message Boards and Orphan Listings.
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| June 12
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Pennsylvania counties added to the Soldiers' Orphan Schools, 1902 Roster are: Susquehanna, Tioga, Venango, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland, Wyoming, and York. This completes the 1902 Roster for this orphanage; 63 of PA's 67 counties are included in the listings. My Thanks to Marian Mallory for donating the list to this website and to Carol Holmbeck for doing a superb job transcribing the entire list!
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| June 14-20
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New Lists Added:
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First 550 names of St. Paul's R.C. Orphan Asylum, Chartiers Twp, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1910, are now on-line (this list is going up in stages and will extend to multiple pages).
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Virginia, 1900
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Tennessee, 1900
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Pennsylvania, 1900 (Phil. County)
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New Jersey, 1900 (Hudson County)
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Pennsylvania, 1900
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| June 22
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New Lists Added:
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The next installment of the St. Paul's R.C. Orphan Asylum has been uploaded; we are now up to the first 700 names on the list! As a reminder, this list is being transcribed and uploaded in stages and will extend to multiple pages.
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Pennsylvania, 1900
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| June 24-30
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New Lists Added:
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Pennsylvania, 1900 (Lebanon County)
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Pennsylvania, 1900 (Allegheny County)
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The next 50 names have been added to St. Paul's R. C. Orphan Asylum bring the new total to 750. (still more to add!)
The new email address for this website is: OrphansWebsite@aol.com It will take a little time to update all pages and forms currently uploaded at this website and this will be done over time. In the meantime, please feel free to address all inquiries, requests, and information to me using this email link, or either email link on the Orphans' Homepage. The new states and lists remaining from June should be up during first week and one half of July. Thank you!
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