Thanks for the tip, hadn't considered a Children's Home. Could explain why my mother didn't list her parents on Jennie's death certificate. I am in touch with Linda and will work from that trail. Thanks again. Harold -----Original Message----- From: PHWALLS <PHWALLS@prodigy.net> To: GREEN-L@rootsweb.com <GREEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 10:15 AM Subject: [GREEN-L] Jennie Green (WAS: Missing Still) >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 > >______________________________