This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RRB.2ACE/6046.2 Message Board Post: Leila Have you ever tried the site "Cindi's List" There is a lot of info about the "Orphan Trains" that transported many New York State children out west to be adopted in Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Michigan etc. they ran from 1854-1929 until they were outlawed. With the large Catt. Cnty railroad connection this could be a very possible answer. I will keep my eyes open for her name as I research New York and other states extensively...especially Catt. Cnty as I was born there. Good Luck Mary