In a message dated 6/8/01 7:55:30 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << I was born in Bixby in 1927 and never heard of such a home, has anyone out there heard of it, A lister is looking for a cousin supposed to have been born there. she also thought she may have misspelled the name of town, I f anyone has any info please reply to list. Thank you, [email protected] >> I was born about halfway between Broken Arrow, Bixby, and Jenks, near 101st and South Garnett, in 1937. I cannot recall a home for unwed mothers in Bixby. The St. John's Vianney School was near Jenks, on 101st Street, about one-half to 3/4ths mile East of the Arkansas River. I do not know if there were unwed mothers there, but it was a Catholic institution for "runaway" and delinquent girls. The building was about five stories high and it was large enough to have had a section for births. I'll ask my sister who was born in 1931 if she has any ideas. My first husband, Earl Truesdell, was an attorney and later a judge in Tulsa County, until his death in 1978. Judge Dorothy Young was over the Juvenile Court in the 1950s and 1960s. Adoptions went through her court and records were in the Probate division of the Court Clerk's Office, where I worked for over five years. A young woman contacted me because Earl had handled her adoption while still an attorney. She wanted to know if I knew of any existing records or files from his office. I did have the receipt book and had written the receipt myself ($100--would you believe?) but no records. She said the court records were "white-washed." She really needed information because her three children have a genetic disease. Her mother had a Bixby rural address. The Sand Springs Orphans Home existed for many years. In Tulsa, there was the Frances E. Willard Home, formerly located near Mohawk Park, but now on Gilcrease Road, just north of Gilcrease Museum. Two doors from my house is the Madonna House, run by Catholic Charities. Many adoptions in Tulsa and this area have been facilitated through Catholic Charities. There once was a home on West Easton, which was for mothers in need of shelter. Mothers could leave children there and work, and when they got on their feet, the children could be reclaimed. For many years, the Turley Children's Home (North Tulsa) was run by the Church of Christ. It may still exist in another location. Maybe there will be some clues in some of the above information. Good luck! Peggy in Tulsa Peggy King Truesdell Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma e-mail: [email protected]