Jim not quiet true. When the adoption records were filed in court the court records were kept and books were then made and you can find a copy of those transaction in the Oregon state Archives ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Schira" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [OREGON] Orphanages in the 1920s > The records were/are kept with the specific > social service agency that had custody of the child. > Officially, there were no "orphanages". They were all > disguised as schools, homes for wayward women, service > organizations, etc; I even found an orphanage that > claimed to be a nursing home!!! Like today, the exact > location of most of these "orphanages" is > confidential; their business offices were/are located > away from the actual orphanage or family housing the > child. We could check more specifically, if you have > an idea of who handled the adoption or schooling. > Maybe a church group or fraternal organization he/she > joined immediately upon age of majority. > > Jim in Portland > > > --- [email protected] wrote: > >> I am interested in finding the names and locations >> of records for orphanages that existed in the >> Portland area between 1920 and 1927. >> >> Stephen Clark >> [email protected] > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > All your favorites on one personal page - Try My Yahoo! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > To see the website for Oregon > http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/ > -=* To see what this list is doing *=- > http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html > For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.12 - Release Date: 1/14/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.12 - Release Date: 1/14/2005