Hiya Folks, Just got this yesterday and thought it might be of some interest to you. Bob Puckett List manager for PAMONTOU & PACOLUMB mailing lists. ----- Original Message ----- From: Cindy Kanny <tohw@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 7:34 PM Subject: Orphanage Roster on-line: Soldiers' Orphan Schools of Pennsylvania, 1902 > Dear PA County Listowners, > > I don't know if anyone on your lists would be interested in viewing the 1902 > roster from the Soldiers' Orphan Schools of PA or not, but thought I would > let you know just in case. Some of you may have known about this previously > and made a similar announcement already. In any case, I wanted to take this > opportunity to let each of you know the roster is now completely on-line in > the event you would like to view the roster yourselves, announce it to any > of your lists, and/or, add a link from the roster to any of your own county > webpages. > > For most, it is easiest to access this roster from the homepage: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~orphanshome > > There is a link about midway down the homepage entitled "Orphanage Rosters"; > click on this link to access the 1902 roster. > > Alternatively, and for your convenience, I have provided a link directly to > the PA counties page here as well; the url flows on to two lines and may > pose difficulties for some: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~orphanshome/rosters/rostpasolorph.h tm > > Additionally, uploaded with the roster is a transcription of a few pages of > text from the SOS Annual Report for 1902 describing the schools, classes > taught, student activities, names of the honor students & scholarships, 3 > children who died that year (I added memorial & notes pages for these latter > students as well), and a report from the Medical Department of the > schools --- relating illnesses, accidents, general health. A number of > students are mentioned by name. > > The roster itself provides the names of the children, birthdates, date of > admission to the orphanage, father's name and record of service in the > military, whether father/mother is living or dead, name of > person/institution in charge of admitting each child and P.O. Address of > applicant. > > As always, if any of you come across orphan listings from censuses, rosters, > or wherever, feel free to pass them on to me -- if you choose to do so -- > for transcription. Also, if any of you do have a place for orphanages at > your own websites, please let me know: my own site is not geared toward > orphanages per se, but I can pass what does come my way in this regard on to > you for your own websites. > > Thanks very much, > > Cindy Kanny > The Orphans' Home Website > http://freepages.genealogy.roostweb.com/~orphanshome