History of New York Orphan Homes online

Olive Tree Genealogy has added History of Various Orphan Homes in Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities of the State of New York, 1870; Argus Company, Printers, Albany. transcribed & submitted by Linda Conpenelis Schmidt, July 2007

The following orphan homes have been added and more will be published online as they are transcribed

* Albany Orphan Asylum

* Davenport Female Orphan Asylum, Bath

* Society for the Relief of Half-Orphan and Destitute Children, New York

* St. Mary's German Orphan Asylum, Buffalo New York

* Asylum of Our Lady of Refuge, Buffalo

* Howard Colored Orphan Asylum, Brooklyn

* Home for Homeless Girls, New York

* Colored Orphan Asylum, New York

* Southern Tier Orphans' Home, Elmira

* Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children, Erie county

* Five Points Mission, New York

* Five Points House of Industry, New York

* St Luke's Home, for Indigent Christian Females, New York

* Society for Destitute Children of Seamen, Snug Harbor