Thank you Detta. Yes, I just learned from someone else that there had been a PBS Special on it. I didn't see the special. but had run across the books. ----- Original Message ----- From: detta301<mailto:detta301@starpower.net> To: Patricia Otis<mailto:otis_p@msn.com> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [Tri-Counties] Orphan Train Pat, There was even a PBS special on the Orphan train Detta Harding Detta301@starpower.net<mailto:Detta301@starpower.net> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Otis" <otis_p@msn.com<mailto:otis_p@msn.com>> To: <PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 11:51 AM Subject: Fw: [Tri-Counties] Orphan Train > This seems to be true. There are books out there on this subject. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: patstone<mailto:cstone01@rochester.rr.com<mailto:cstone01@rochester.rr.com>> > To: PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 8:33 AM > Subject: [Tri-Counties] Orphan Train > > > Good morning, List, > > There is an interesting article in our newspaper this morning about an > Orphan Train. I had never heard of it before, so maybe some of you haven't > either. But could be the break in someone's brick wall! This particular > newspaper article was about a brother & 3 sisters who were from Friendship, > Allegany Co., NY. Their father was killed in a car accident and their > mother became ill. Neighbors tried to take care of them and eventually they > went to a Baptist minister. Eventually they were taken to an orphanage in > NYC and then, in 1929, to the Orphan Train. The family's last name was > Henderson. > > It says that between 1853 and 1929, passenger trains carried up to 300,000 > children away from big-city orphanages to rural areas all across the > country. Small groups of children would get off the train at various > locations to be inspected by local Christian families willing to take a > child home. "Children would often stage impromptu performances to make > themselves more attractive." It is estimated that nearly 33,000 orphan > trains may have run through upstate New York. Minister, Charles Loring > Brace, founded the Children's Aid Society, with the goal to rescue poor, > homeless children who were wandering the streets of NYC and to place them > with Christian families living in the country. It seems that children went > to CT, Delaware, D.C., Maryland, Mass., NJ, NH, RI, VT, Canada, & Indian > Territory. Of course, Indian Territory became states eventually. > Genealogists & historians are working on this story. A website is given for > more information: http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans/index.htm<http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans/index<http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans/index.htm<http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans/index>. htm> or > www.orphantrainriders.com<http://www.orphantrainriders.com/<http://www.orphantrainriders.com<http://www.orphantrainriders.com/>> or www.orleanscountygenealogicalsociety.org/<http://www.orleanscountygenealogic<http://www.orleanscountygenealogicalsociety.org/<http://www.orleanscountygenealogic> alsociety.org/> . > > Pat Rowe Stone, Rochester, NY > > > > ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > Please post all surname listings and surname or family queries on the Query section of Tri-Counties site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm<http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmt<http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm<http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmt> index.htm> > > > > ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > Please post all surname listings and surname or family queries on the Query section of Tri-Counties site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm<http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm> >