The Sailors and Soldiers Orphanage was located in Normal, IL in McLean County. It was started for children of Civil War veterans. My grandfather was there in the 1890's through about 1910. Helen in Idaho > > From: "J Tracey" <tast48@hotmail.com> > Date: 2003/08/05 Tue AM 09:06:45 PDT > To: ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILMARION] Re: ILMARION-D Digest V03 #87 > > Where in the area would there have been a civil war orphans' home, in the > late 1860's? > > Thanks. > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > >