Posted on: Pontotoc County Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/Pontotoc/11028 Surname: CROUSE ------------------------- Marianne, I don't know if there were orphanages in Pontotoc County, OK, but have heard there was a "foundling home" in Oklahoma City about the time period 1910-1913 era you are inquiring about. I have not been able to find a source to locate information about it, but thought it might be a good idea to start with someone in the Catholic Churches in the Oklahoma City area - they may have knowledge about them. My father and his sister were placed in a foundling home in Oklahoma City and were adopted by separate families who changed their surnames. This has created quite a wall. If you should contact the church and locate information on this "orphanage" would you please share the information with the rest of us who have not yet had luck in searching. (Children of Teresa Laws and (?)CROUSE - Leon Clifford, b. 1910 and Geneva Evelyn, b. 1914). I believe there is a St. Joseph's and an Our Lady church in Oklahoma City. I hope this will help somehow. Family Love, Anne