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/hMB.2ACI/78.1 Message Board Post: Here are citations for three books that can be found in some libraries, which contain information on orphanages. UNITED STATES. Census, Bureau of the. "Children under Institutional Care, 1923: Statistics of Dependent, Neglected, and Delinquent Children in Institutions and under the Supervision of Other Agencies for the Care of Children..." Washington, D.C., 1927. 381 p. In this special census of 1923, personal information about individuals was only taken from delinquents and inmates of homes for unwed mothers. However, this book does not list individuals. See p. 22-138 for section titled: “Institutions or Homes for Dependent or Neglected Children or for Adults and Children, With Number of Children under Care on February 1, 1923 . . .”--which is arranged by state, thereunder by city. Yields name of institution, organization conducting it, year it was established, races and ages of inmates, and statistics; no addresses. Separate sections cover child placing agencies (p. 170-187, 188, 200), humane and protective societies, institutions for adults and children, institution! s or homes for dependent crippled children, and juvenile delinquents in private institutions. Earlier censuses of institutions were conducted in 1880, 1890, 1904, and 1910. "Adoption Agencies, Orphanages and Maternity Homes--An Historical Directory," by Reg Niles. Garden City, NY: Phileas Deigh Corp., c1981. 2 vols. in 1 (xii, 478 p.). A directory for the U.S. and Canada, with old and new addresses, arranged by state or province, thereunder by city or town. 9,262 entries. Bibliography: p. 287-96. "Official Catholic Directory." vol. 1-__; 1886-<2000>. New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 18__-19__. __ vols. Quarterly, 1___-__; annual, 1___-__. Reg Niles RegNMINiles@cs.com