Lamont, There were two orphanages on Staten Island that are possibilities, St. Michael's Orphanage and Mt. Loretto. Mt. Loretto is still open, but not as an orphanage. St. Michael has been torn down and is, I believe, a housing community. Google yields many hits. There is also _http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrichmo/_ (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrichmo/) for S.I. info. Jack Langton