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 Jan G. Miller jgrellim@sbcglobal.net