Go to www.google.com and type in: "Orphan Court" you will get over 5,000 hits. Margit > Today in class there was reference to Orphan's Court. I hadn't heard that > before--perhaps because I paid little attention, although I do know there were > Orphan Trains from East Coast cities to the mid-west in the 1800s. It seems > reasonable then to accept the existence of Orphan's Courts. > > Where would I start to look for such a court--in particular, NYC. If so, I > would presume there might be the same for Boston or Philadelphia at one time > or another as well. > > I have one family in which both parents were dead by 1839 and the youngest > child was only 1 1/2. There were slightly older siblings, so now I am curious > as to how those 6 young children were cared for. > > Because I expressed interest, I was given the research of Orphan's courts as > my task for next class! Jan