Hello, I don't know if this subject has been mentioned on the List recently. But, I'd like to mention the "Orphan Trains" - adding to what I just posted a minute ago in response to Liz's question about the very early 1900's. If you go to this web site, you can read about the "Orphan Trains" and find this paragraph: In 1853, Brace founded the Children's Aid Society to arrange the trips, raise the money, and obtain the legal permissions needed for relocation. Between 1854 and 1929, more than 100,000 children were sent, via orphan trains, to new homes in rural America. Recognizing the need for labor in the expanding farm country, Brace believed that farmers would welcome homeless children, take them into their homes and treat them as their own. His program would turn out to be a forerunner of modern foster care. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/orphan/ (FYI: From a book I read about homeless children in Boston, I found out that the "Orphan Trains movement" started in Boston. When NYC officials found out about it, they decided to try it there. But, Boston officials only sent their "needy children" to farms within New England.) (FYI: There were also "Orphan Trains" in Canada, also following the MA and NY events. But, the so-called orphans were part of the "British Home Children" events.) (People on the BHC List are trying to get Government officials to declare: 2009 - the Year of the British Home Child." If you count all the years when "officials" in the U.K. (the British Isles) sent their "unwanted children" out of their country, the "Child Migrant Scheme" (their term) went on for almost 400 years. If you talk about only the 1800's and 1900's, almost 200,000 children were "shipped out of the British Isles" and sent to Canada, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, etc. - wherever there was a "British Colony.") The terms, "British Home Children" and "Home Children, Canada (Pacific)" are both searchable terms at www.google.com It is estimated that about 9 million "home children" and / or their descendants made their way down to the States in the U.S. Possibly some made their way to Brooklyn ! Just an FYI for you ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) Remember to check the archives of all the Lists and Boards for your surnames and place-names. And, please remember to check the on-line auctions for for your surnames and place-names.