I know the NY foundling hospital is of no help at all in my search for Catherine Duffy. She would have been my mothers first cousin. She was a late in life baby, and her father died before she was born and her mother died about two years after she was born. She is in the 1930 census, but neither of her parents are in that census. I wanted to verify that she was the right child, but they refused because I was not a direct descendent. Catherine never married, and she has cousins on her father's side that she never knew, my mother being one of them. In short, she has no direct descendents living. By 1942, she was living with her uncle (never married) in New Jersey, and she died in Westchester NY, as I recall in 1976(If she is the correct one.) I hate to spend the money for a SS record without some indication that she is the right one. For a few bad people in the world those that are honest get lumped in with them all, or is it an excuse for not going to the trouble of giving the information out. ? Dorothea -----Original Message----- From: nybronx-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nybronx-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:01 AM To: NYBRONX-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYBRONX] 1900 Catholic Protectory This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: karolv123 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork. counties.bronx/3554/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My grandmother, her sister and two of her brothers were placed in the Catholic Protectory in the Bronx and are on the census of 1900. Last name: Aubrey. Is there any way to find out the parents name---as my grandmother told me her mother was very poor and had to place her children there. Thanks Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYBRONX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message