I don't know if I explained this to the list but--I found records {school and medical} for my grandmother who grew up in the Gilbert Home in winsted. My mother had tried unsucessfully to obtain ANYTHING from the Home. I wrote a letter and told them that she was not an orphan and I was not seeking adoption information. This seemed to put them in a better frame of mind and I received a report card, medical info and a picture of the Home as well as two addresses of people who were in the home as children {not at the same time as my grandmother. The home was a place for children who had one parent unable to care for the child exactly like the St. Francis Home. Might try that approach. Judy