Hello, I'd like to ask if children in "Homes" (orphanages, asylums, etc.) were listed in Census forms in 1900 and 1910.. My grandmother was "a foundling" in Boston, MA, in Feb. 1889. She might have been taken to the "home" of Mrs. Lucy PARKER in Medford, who reportedly took in "unwed mothers and their infants" at that time. (Her Adoptive mother seems to have talked to the girl about her earlier years, and she mentioned, "Mrs. Parker's Baby Farm.") In Mar. 1892, she was adopted. In Apr. 1899, her Adoptive mother died, and her Adoptive father was probably taken to Tewksbury State Hospital. The family had left Melrose, MA, during 1899, and that was the end of my grandmother's schooling. (left school after 4th grade) My grandmother thought that she had been taken to "a Home" on D Street in South Boston first. Someone has responded and said that there was an Infant Asylum there on nearby Dorchester Street. (site of old Carney Hospital). My grandmother would have been 11 years old, would she have shown up as a "resident" ("boarder") in that "home" on the 1900 Census? We do not know how old she was when she went to live in "The Temporary Home for Women and Children" on Chardon Street in Downtown Boston. One guess is that it was when she was at least 14 years old, or 15 or 16. This would have been around 1905. She probably remained living there until she was 18 years old. Or, if she remained living there until she was 20 years old, she might have been listed as a "resident" of the building at 41 Chardon Street in Downtown Boston in the 1910 Census. (The current location of that building would be New Chardon Street a few streets away from the "Government Center.") By the way, one of the "used books" I purchased from eBay during the winter, was a book, "BOSTON, a Topographical History," by Whitehill. I haven't had time to read it yet, but I certainly have looked at all the pictures and illustrations. :o) ... I recommend the book to anyone who also has a fascination about .. the Boston.. which the Pilgrams and Puritans found in the 1600's .. and the Boston .. which we know now! (Amazing transformation!) Enjoy the rest of your week! Betty (near Lowell, MA) "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr.