Hi, I just spoke to my nephew, who works at the Astor Home in Poughkeepsie. He is pretty sure that the Rhinebeck Astor Home in 1940's was probably where your brother was placed. It was originally set up to treat sick kids, but now specializes in treating kids with emotional problems. And, yes, it was staffed by nuns. -R. Evelyn & Bill Hinkle wrote: > I am new to this list and have a question that I am not sure if it had or had not been addressed yet. > > I have a brother (James MacFall) who was in a "home" in Rhinebeck because of "asthma". I believe this was in the 40's. He recently passed away, and in updating my genealogy files, wondered about the home he was in. I Googled it and found there was a home called Astor which opened in 1953. Astor was run by nuns. The home Jimmy was in was run by nuns. I remember, as a small girl, going to Rhinebeck to visit him. > > Can anybody shed any light on what the home for boys was called? Any help would be appreciated. > > Evelyn (MacFall) Hinkle > Grand Junction, Colorado > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDUTCHE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. Box 118 / Hyde Park, NY 12538 / USA Genealogy, et Cetera: http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/ 508 ancestral & collateral families, mostly 17°-19° century New England & European roots. Total population: 124,700+ Annex: http://www.gencircles.com/users/dav4is/ email: DAV4IS@YAHOO.COM All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer