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The Orphans' Website Updates
July, 2001


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

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July 1   New List Added:
  • The addition of the 1910 listing for St. Paul's R.C. Orphan Asylum, Chartiers Twp., Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been completed!!  The bios for Betsy Banzen's (the Transcriber of this lengthy list!) ancestors have yet to be added but are expected in the near future; a news article re the Orphanage is also expected, pending permission from that newspaper.  The bios and newsarticle will be announced here when added.
As a reminder, the new email address for this website is: OrphansWebsite@aol.com

July
6-8
  New Lists Added:
  • North Carolina, 1900 (new state)
  • Pennsylvania, 1900
  • New Jersey, 1900
July
11-18
  New Lists Added:
  • Indiana, 1900   (new state)
  • Ohio, 1900   (new state)
  • Kansas, 1900   (new state)
  • New York, 1900   (new state; correction: orphanage)
  • Florida, 1900   (new state)
  • New York, 1900
  • Oklahoma, 1900   (new state)
  • New York, 1900
  • Indiana, 1900 (Rush County). This is actually a double-list: a poor farm side by side with an orphanage; the two may have been connected in some way but it was not clear from the census. The orphanage will be found under "Orphanages" and the poor farm under "Poorhouses".
  • New York, 1900
  Ancestral Bio Added:
  • "Fannie's Story" -- The story of Mary Frances "Fannie" Ryan Norris Kepple, including the bios of 3 of her children, Lavinna, George, & Edward Norris, former residents of St. Paul's R.C. Orphan Asylum, 1910, Pittsburgh, PA.  Fannie's G-Granddaughter was the sole transcriber of the lengthy 1910 St. Paul's list and also the author of the bio now available at this website.  These bios can be accessed via the 1910 St. Paul's listing or via the Orphans' Computer Room in the section "Orphan Genealogy on the Web: Honoring Orphans"
July
20-24
  New Lists Added:
  • Pennsylvania, 1900
  • New Jersey, 1900
  • California, 1900   (new state)
  • New York, 1900
  • New York, 1900
  • Kentucky, 1900   (new state)
July
27-31
  New Lists Added:
  • New York, 1900
  • New York, 1900
  • New York, 1900
  • New York, 1900
  • California, 1900
  Other: Someone sent me an e-mail lately re the Salvation Army --- please re-  send. Thanks!

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