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Orphan Home Records Image courtesy of PickPik.com These are the only items in our collection that identify children by name in any of Buffalo’s orphanages. Most are offline and must be used in person. Short, sharable link: http://tinyurl.com/TBHM-orphans
Buffalo Orphan Asylum, 1836-1954 Mss. C82-1 52 bound vols. + 1 card file and 1 box Collection is partially indexed online. Librarians cannot search the unindexed volumes for names The Buffalo Orphan Asylum was nondenominational, meaning that children from any background were admitted.The card file is an index of children admitted and discharged, ca. 1882 to 1939, and is in A-Z order by birth name. If a child was renamed after being adopted, it would not be reflected in these records. Bound volumes are organized by administrative function (admissions, departures, minutes, etc.). A Scholar Pass is necessary to use the volumes. Erie County Almshouse Register of Inmates, 1829-1877 Microfilm M2015-01, 3 rolls This collection is not digitized and must be used in person. Librarians cannot check a name for you. Later known as the Erie County Poorhouse and the Erie County Home & Infirmary. Orphan children were placed here throughout poorhouse history, though orphan placements tapered off greatly after 1836, when the Buffalo Orphan Asylum opened.. Erie County Children and Orphans Placed at Local Charitable Institutions, 1875-1882 F127 .E6 W478 This volume is not digitized and must be used in person. Librarians can check a name for you. Drawn from the Proceedings of the Erie County Board of Supervisors. Originally published in installments in the Western New York Genealogical Society Journal starting in September 2014. Names are in chronological order, then sorted by institution. Children Bound Out by Erie County Superintendents of the Poor, 1864-1868 F127 .E65 W4 2018 This volume is not digitized and must be used in person. Librarians can check a name for you. Names of children who ended up in the care of the County for reasons such as the death of a parent, abandonment, or unfit homes. Originally published in installments in the Western New York Genealogical Society Journal starting in June 2018. Names are in chronological order. Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Orphan Home, 1865-1961 HV995 .B83 E94 1981 This volume is not digitized and must be used in person. Librarians can check a name for you. Records of the Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Orphan Home, originally in Buffalo and later in West Seneca, 1865-1961. A typescript, bound volume of children’s names in A-Z order. The link will show you a list of all libraries who have this book. Holy Innocents Episcopal Orphanage and Home for the Aged, 1896-1925 Online and Microfilm M2010-010. Librarians cannot check a name for you. Online courtesy of FamilySearch.org. You will need to register for a free account. Also known as the Episcopal Church Home and the Church Charity Home. On one roll of microfilm with records from other churches & institutions within the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York. Bonus:
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