Lynn: If you think the St. Vincent's lead may be helpful, contact me off-line. I can provide you with the name and address of the Records Archivist, who although a little slow, was extremely helpful in locating my greatgrandfather's orphaned children in the late 19th century. I don't know for certain, but I suspect at least at that time the majority of clients were from Catholic families. Gary 22 January 2002 Baltimore http://home.att.net/~g.ruppert > Lyeneve: I don't know how far back it existed, but at one time there was a > St. Vincent's Orphanage - run I think by the St. Vincent de Paul Society. > Helen E. > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > The Baltgen-L list focuses on GENEALOGY research for > Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Harford, and Howard Cos. MD >