have you tried Higginson Books? Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [PA] PENNSYLVANIA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 44 > > If you google the title, you will find it is two volumes covering all the > states and Canada. It was written in 1937 and is obviously out of print. > I checked AccessPA and three libraries in Pennsylvania have it but will > not lend it. Amazon has it listed but has no copies available. I also > tried Abebooks and they do not have a copy. > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: [email protected] > >> >> Janet, about the book you mentioned, "Adoption Agencies, Orphanages and >> Maternity Homes: an Historical Directory" written by Reg Niles, what area >> does >> it cover? Is it only Penna, Western Pa or nationwide? >> >> And, may I ask, where did you get it? >> >> I have an orphanage to track down in Virginia. I know my mother and her >> brother were there in 1925 - 26 but the people who ran it (an order of >> nuns) >> have no record of girls. My great grand-mother was also in one in >> Baltimore in >> 1906. Again, the nuns say they have no record of girls ever being cared >> for >> there. Well, the 5 women involved couldn't agree on the time of day and >> yet >> they all agreed on the name and the place so I want to try other avenues. >> >> >> >> If you could post the publisher and where you got it, I'll see if I can >> find >> a copy to buy. Thank you so much for posting. >> >> >> >> Beth Cherkowsky >> Researching Bradley, Forrester/Forrestal, Donohue, Boylan, Manning, >> McHugh, >> Cormac, Manning, Fountas, Czerkaukus, Liaundanskas, in Ireland, >> Russia/Lithuania, Greece, Scotland and the USA. >> >> >> >> ********* >> Visit the threaded archives of this list: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA >> ********* >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message