Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew whether the very early records of .. "The Temporary Home for Women and Children" .. which began on .. Tremont Street .. in Boston .. during the late 1800's ..?? ... were held someplace. I learned last winter or spring .. that "The Temporary Home" .. still exists .. in the general vicinity of "the Government Center" in Boston .. but I don't know .. if it is the same organization .. According to "family stories" .. my grandmother was brought to this facility (Tremont St.) .. around 1899 ... upon the death of her adoptive-mother. And, she probably left the facility .. somewhere around 1909 ... So, she was there from approx. Age 11 to approx, Age 20 .. During a few of the years, the facility was run "by the HAUSER sisters" (sp?) ... and my grandmother said that they were very good to the girls. Would anyone know .. if the NEHGS .. would have information on this "Home" ?? I cannot afford to become a member, and I know that .. generally ... you cannot formally ..ask for information .. unless you are a member .. .... I have asked (written to) .. other "offices" in Boston .. and I have received information which showed that the facility ..existed .. but no one told me where the records ... might ... be .. In fact, most everyone I wrote to .. had never heard of it .. (except for "The State House.") (There was another facililty for .. men and boys ... and the "women" at "The Temporary Home" .. would have the responsibility of .. doing their laundry .. For these two facilities, my understanding is .. that they were a place .. where "homeless people" .. could live .. as long as they ..would .. work ... to earn their keep ...) Thank you for your time. Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. While in "The Temporary Home," .. my grandmother had the name, Mary Anna Clark Dexter .. and might have gone by the nickname, "May." And, as I said, she was probably there from ~1899 to ~1909 ... (Background: "May" was "a foundling" on the streets of Boston in Feb. 1889 .. At the hospital, she was given the name, Daisy WATROUS. And, she immediately became, "a Ward of the State." .. In Mar. 1892, John and Mary DEXTER adopted her. They were Age 55, and, for several other reasons in addition to that, I have made an "educated guess" that they were her maternal-grandparents. They re-named the baby, Mary Anna Clark Dexter .. (maiden name of wife). (Wife from a CLARK / MANCHESTER marriage.) (Husband from Killingly, CT.) When Mrs. Dexter died in Apr. 1899, that is when her adopted daughter.. was taken out of 4th grade in a Melrose school .. and taken to "The Temporary Home." "May" .. never saw her family again .. (Or, so the "family stories" go .. but I tend to believe she "repressed" a lot of her memories ... as she didn't record .. her correct name .. on her marriage certificate.) Around 1909 .. Mary Dexter's best friend (Hattie SMITH) was invited to live with her father (had to wait until she was 18 ..) ... and she brought "May" to her new home .. to live with them .. One of the neighbors .. was a very nice young man .. who took quite a liking to .. "May" .. and they were married on Christmas Eve, 1911 ...)