Buffalo city directories & telephone books will list all of the nursing homes in 1988. These can be found at BECPL and BECHS: http://www.buffalolib.org/ebranch/askus/index.asp http://www.bechs.org/library/index.htm To save you the trouble of repeating the whole story, all you need to ask for is a copy of the page(s) listing nursing homes in Buffalo in 1988. There will be modest photocopying charges. If you know the birth mother's multiple names, then search the SSDI on all of them. Hope this helps! --- Annette/Len <[email protected]> wrote: > My husband is trying to locate his birth mother whom he has > never seen. Since time is NOT on our side, we have been > making yearly trips to the Buffalo area to search old records, > etc. If living, she would be approximately 86 years of age. > Since she was an ONLY child born to an ONLY child, we are > having a hard time locating her....not to mention that finding > an elderly woman can be like finding a needle in a haystack. > Since she was mentally disabled, she lived with her mother and > her mother's second husband after giving birth to my husband > and placing him in Father Baker's home. That was about two > months after she divorced his birth father. Long story, but > his father eventually picked him up from Father Bakers at the > age of 16 months, when he remarried and his new wife insisted > on raising ALL of his children. > > The latest bit of information that we've received is that the > state placed his birth mother in a nursing home when her > mother died in 1988. She would have been about 66 at that > time. Family information that were lucky enough to recently > receive is that the nursing home could have been located at > the corner of Main and Kensington in Buffalo. IF she was > issued a Social Security card from the state, we don't know > for sure what name she used...her maiden name, her married (& > then divorced name), or if she might have assumed her step > father's surname, since she lived with them for over 40 years. > We have found evidence from searching city directories and > censuses that she used several of these over the years. > > My question is, does anyone on this list recollect a nursing > home in the general area of Main and Kensington in 1988? I'm > aware that the Kensington Hwy was built and might have forced > many businesses to relocate. I'm not certain of exactly when > that occurred, though. We are originally from the western NY > area (Lockport), but aren't very familiar with the Buffalo > part of that area. If you might have a clue as to what > nursing home might have been there, I would love to hear from > you. Does anyone know if there is a mailing list for just > nursing homes on Rootsweb? > > Annette > in Ocala, FL > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com http://www.BuffaloResearch.com "Everyone claims to want a city, but no one here wants city living. City living by its definition is crowded. It is tolerant of other people. It is dependent on a sophisticated population that makes a hundred compromises daily so that they can benefit from the collective energy that a city generates." --Robert N. Davis, Jr. (1955-2007)

Thanks, Cynthia. I didn't think of looking though the Buffalo telephone books and city directories for that information. Sometimes your focus is so narrow that you need other suggestions. That was what I was hoping for when I posted on this board. I have already checked all of the various names on the SSDI, though, and didn't find anyone by those names. That was an encouraging sign. I even went so far as to do a search by only her first name, since it isn't extremely common. No hits there, either. ----- Original Message ----- From: Cynthia Van Ness To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 7:40 AM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Nursing Home @ Main & Kensington? Buffalo city directories & telephone books will list all of the nursing homes in 1988. These can be found at BECPL and BECHS: http://www.buffalolib.org/ebranch/askus/index.asp http://www.bechs.org/library/index.htm To save you the trouble of repeating the whole story, all you need to ask for is a copy of the page(s) listing nursing homes in Buffalo in 1988. There will be modest photocopying charges. If you know the birth mother's multiple names, then search the SSDI on all of them. Hope this helps! --- Annette/Len <[email protected]> wrote: > My husband is trying to locate his birth mother whom he has > never seen. Since time is NOT on our side, we have been > making yearly trips to the Buffalo area to search old records, > etc. If living, she would be approximately 86 years of age. > Since she was an ONLY child born to an ONLY child, we are > having a hard time locating her....not to mention that finding > an elderly woman can be like finding a needle in a haystack. > Since she was mentally disabled, she lived with her mother and > her mother's second husband after giving birth to my husband > and placing him in Father Baker's home. That was about two > months after she divorced his birth father. Long story, but > his father eventually picked him up from Father Bakers at the > age of 16 months, when he remarried and his new wife insisted > on raising ALL of his children. > > The latest bit of information that we've received is that the > state placed his birth mother in a nursing home when her > mother died in 1988. She would have been about 66 at that > time. Family information that were lucky enough to recently > receive is that the nursing home could have been located at > the corner of Main and Kensington in Buffalo. IF she was > issued a Social Security card from the state, we don't know > for sure what name she used...her maiden name, her married (& > then divorced name), or if she might have assumed her step > father's surname, since she lived with them for over 40 years. > We have found evidence from searching city directories and > censuses that she used several of these over the years. > > My question is, does anyone on this list recollect a nursing > home in the general area of Main and Kensington in 1988? I'm > aware that the Kensington Hwy was built and might have forced > many businesses to relocate. I'm not certain of exactly when > that occurred, though. We are originally from the western NY > area (Lockport), but aren't very familiar with the Buffalo > part of that area. If you might have a clue as to what > nursing home might have been there, I would love to hear from > you. Does anyone know if there is a mailing list for just > nursing homes on Rootsweb? > > Annette > in Ocala, FL > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com http://www.BuffaloResearch.com "Everyone claims to want a city, but no one here wants city living. City living by its definition is crowded. It is tolerant of other people. It is dependent on a sophisticated population that makes a hundred compromises daily so that they can benefit from the collective energy that a city generates." --Robert N. Davis, Jr. (1955-2007) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.7/1409 - Release Date: 5/1/2008 8:39 AM

Thank yous to George and Carol for your input. It has all been considered. Lois has been most helpful with all of the research time that she has put into helping us find my husband's mother. I knew I could depend on western NYers to help with our brainstorming! Annette > The latest bit of information that we've received is that the > state placed his birth mother in a nursing home when her > mother died in 1988. She would have been about 66 at that > time. Family information that were lucky enough to recently > receive is that the nursing home could have been located at > the corner of Main and Kensington in Buffalo. IF she was > issued a Social Security card from the state, we don't know > for sure what name she used...her maiden name, her married (& > then divorced name), or if she might have assumed her step > father's surname, since she lived with them for over 40 years. > We have found evidence from searching city directories and > censuses that she used several of these over the years. > > My question is, does anyone on this list recollect a nursing > home in the general area of Main and Kensington in 1988? I'm > aware that the Kensington Hwy was built and might have forced > many businesses to relocate. I'm not certain of exactly when > that occurred, though. We are originally from the western NY > area (Lockport), but aren't very familiar with the Buffalo > part of that area. If you might have a clue as to what > nursing home might have been there, I would love to hear from > you. Does anyone know if there is a mailing list for just > nursing homes on Rootsweb? > > Annette > in Ocala, FL