I vividly remember seeing mention of a Jennie Green and a sister whose name escapes me at the moment. She was in the Children's Home sometime during the late 1860s or 1870s, maybe a bit later. I just don't remember but I really think you should investigate this lead. The reason I remember it so well, and then ruling it out, was because the time frame was all wrong, much too late for my Jennie Green. There were Greens in the orphanage at various times, such as my Jennie Green, her brother Matthew Green Jr., and a Mary Hagney plus some other Greens, such as a second Jennie Green, maybe an Elizabeth? Green her sister, and a George Green. The second Jennie Green and her sister, I think, were there during the 1870's or 1880's. Mine was there only for one month, in Oct. of 1867, and she was born 1859. But I have no doubt there is a Jennie Green later in the books. It was spelled JENNIE, not JENNY. This is in the records of the Children's Home in Cincinnati Historical Society. The mother I believe, was still alive, and the father had abandoned them. Later on in the year, the mother came back and took them back home. There were so many children that I cannot separate the details. I did not make a copy because it was not my Jennie Green. If you wish more information on Jennie Green the later one, contact Linda Bailey at lbailey@fuse.net who works at the Cincinnati Historical Society. The records of the Children's Home are fairly well indexed but handwritten....Jennie Green would be probably numbered 800 or later. My Jennie Green was number 370, her brother Matthew Jr. was number 369, and Mary Hagney was number 371. Linda Bailey, the archivist there, can probably help you do a quick lookup for a reasonable fee. I suggest you contact her. I will copy her this note. Good luck. By the way, hunting for Greens is nowhere nearly as damning as hunting for Williams or Smiths. I know this to be a fact. I often do not find GREENs in entire tracts of the country, for example, New Mexico Territory had very few, if any, Greens in 1850. I do agree that it is difficult. But a name like Jennie or Jenny or Matthew is fairly uncommon among Greens. It is relatively easy to find all incidences and then eliminate each one til you have the one you are looking for. Your note follows: Subject: [GREEN-L] Missing Still Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:48:12 -0600 From: "willhn" <willhn@flash.net> To: GREEN-L@rootsweb.com Why do ya'll suppose these GREENS are such a hard bunch to find? It's like hunting for WILLIAMS or SMITH !! Still searching for my missing GREEN. Jennie Green, b. 25 Sept 1870, somewhere in Ohio. No parents listed on death cert. She was a wonderful grandmother, but a pain to find her roots. Harold willhn@flash.net