Once again, Shirley, Thank you! You are a treasure! I had no idea where to start, (and I don't mind begging at all.) Cheryl ----- Original Message ----- From: "S. Olfert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [ NB ] Adoprion Records > Hi Cheryl, > > Here's a brief writeup on the orphanage by Ruby Cusack. > > http://www.rubycusack.com/issue422.html > > I managed to get a copy of of the booklet mentioned but there isn't much > concerning the children - most > of it is on the who the administrators were. > > The records are held by the Post-Adoption Dept. of the New Brunswick Govt. > I would contact them and "beg" > especially if you're needing records for someone before the 1900s. They > did > keep fairly good records. > > I found that many people used the Orphanage as a place for their children > following a death of a spouse. The > parent would make a nominal payment each month for their upkeep. They > were > not all necessarily placed with > the Orphanage permanently. > > The reason the records can't be opened as yet is because it wasn't that > long > ago that the Orphanage closed > and it's a privacy law. > > Shirley > > > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Cheryl Tait <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi List >> Does anyone know how to access information concerning earliest records >> from >> the Protestant Orphanage in Saint John? >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> List Announcements can be found at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message