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Hebrew Orphan Asylum New York, Brooklyn?

Posted by Cheryl on April 14, 2010 at 8:10am

I'm looking for anyone who was able to trace family to there and what process they went through to get the info. from that agency. My Grandmother and 3 other siblings were in and out of the Asylum several times. This is new news to us as my Grandmother never told anyone about her family or past.

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  • William S Dean April 20, 2010 at 8:11am
    Hi Cheryl
    Glad the information helped. And it sounds like quite an adventure! Happy hunting.
    best wishes
    William
  • Cheryl April 17, 2010 at 7:35am
    Hey William, Thank you for the info. My sister looked it up and found that there are a couple of boxes? that we can go look at. It should contain information on the reason(s) the children were there. I'm hoping to make a trip there to see what they contain. Also would like to find court records related to that if the children were removed by the city. Oral history would be awesome to hear..................i guess we'll be there all day. :-)
  • William S Dean April 16, 2010 at 9:35am
    It appears that the archives of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum are currently held at the Center for Jewish History here: http://www.cjh.org/

    The admission and discharge registers for 1860 through 1928 can be searched via the web: follow this link
    http://www.cjh.org/collections/genealogy/HOA.php

    Also, nearly fifty oral history interviews about the institution are on deposit at the New York Public Library.

    Hope this helps.
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