This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/4147.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, Brightside had many orphans. I lived in Springfield across the bridge and used to bring toys for the orphans. Many of them were children who had parents who couldn't care for them. I am 73 and I use to visit there in my teens. I also wondered about that place and it seems that it is no longer brightside for orphans. G Marie Cote' Sherhart good luck in your quest.