Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:15:53 -0400 To: Fldollfin@aol.com From: Susan Ryan <sryan@stetson.edu> At 12:40 AM 10/19/98 EDT, you wrote: Hi Susan, Would your library have any information on so called " Orphan Trains" in the 1880's? I am told they ran into Ohio from FL. and that my grandmother must have been on one and been adopted as her death cert says she was born in Sanford Fl. Any help as to where I could find this information would be appreciated. As is I have two volumes " Decendants of Thomas Sanford" 1911 by Carlton Sanford which list her father Rolland A. Sanford. By the way, the Henry Sanford , for whom the town of Sanford Fl. is in there too. Carol Gilliland 3639 Belle Vista Dr. E. St. Pete Beach, FL. 33706 (813) 360-7189 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:15:34 -0400 To: Fldollfin@aol.com From: Susan Ryan <sryan@stetson.edu> Carol, There are many books and articles out there on the orphan trains. You should be able to go to your local public library and request them on interlibrary loan if they do not own copies. Here are a few: 1. The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America by Marilyn Irvin Holt, University of Nebraska Press, 1992. 2. The Orphan Trains by Annette R. Fry, New Discovery Books, 1994. 3. We are a Part of History: The Story of the Orphan Trains by Michael Patrick, Donning Company, 1994. 4. Children of the Orphan Trains: From New York to Illinois and Beyond, published by the Illinois State Genealogical Society, 1994. 5. The Orphan Trains, PBS VIDEO, 1995 6. The End of the Line, Orphan Trains, FILMAKERS LIBRARY, INC. VIDEO, 1989. In a separate message, I am sending you a couple of articles as well. Susan Ryan Susan M. Ryan Associate Director for Public Services Campus Unit 8418 duPont-Ball Library Stetson University DeLand, FL 32720 (904) 822-7185 (904) 822-7199 (fax) sryan@stetson.edu