Patty, My grandfather was in St. Joseph's Orphanage in Louisville, 1891-1896. The University of Kentucky in Louisville has the records. The children did not necessarily have to be Catholic. This orphanage was still standing a few years ago. It was being used as a day-care and still in very good condition. Good Luck in your search. Donna

To see what St. Joseph Orphan Society records are available at the University of Louisville Archives and Records Center, go to http://minerva.louisville.edu This is the University's on-line library catalogue. Key in search terms "St. Joseph Orphan Society" A microfilm list of records that are available at the Jefferson County Historic Preservation and Archives office can be viewed at http://www.co.jefferson.ky.us/Archives/MicrofilmList.html The county has some children's home records. Hope this helps, Deborah ----- Original Message ----- From: "DMM" <donna123@link2000.net> To: <KYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [KYJEFFER] 1920 Census Kentucky/BigDeb??? > Patty, > > My grandfather was in St. Joseph's Orphanage in Louisville, 1891-1896. > The University of Kentucky in Louisville has the records. The children > did not necessarily have to be Catholic. This orphanage was still > standing a few years ago. It was being used as a day-care and still in > very good condition. > > Good Luck in your search. > Donna > > > ==== KYJEFFER Mailing List ==== > http://www.usgenweb.org > Home of the oldest and largest volunteer not-for-profit genealogy organization on the web. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

The records I needed regarding St. Joseph's Orphanage were in "Old" German. I was able to hire a student who was able to translate german at a very resonable rate. Being from out of state and not knowledgeable in "Old" German I found this very helpful. Donna