Hi Judie, I'm not that familiar with New York proceedures but it would probably be impossible for an Orphanage to find adoptive parents for children without some record in Orphan's Court giving them custody of the children. In Pa., where I'm more familiar, the children would be more likely sent to the Poor/Alms House if their parents weren't able to support them and probably the parents would be sent there as well. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judie Dunkle" <ancestorswanted@dcdi.net> To: <NY-LONGISLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 6:31 PM Subject: Re: [NY-LONGISLAND] Orphans Court? > > > Does anyone know if all children turned placed in orphanges were > processed through the Orphans COurts. Was it possible for a child to > simply be placed there because the parent(s) could not care for the > child or did they have to go throught he court? Judie > > > > > > > > ==== NY-LONGISLAND Mailing List ==== > * * * IS YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE UP TO DATE?? * * * > Karima, List Administrator mailto:NY-LONGISLAND-admin@rootsweb.com > List Guidelines: http://userweb.springnet1.com/quest/LongIslandWelcome.html > >