Hi, Good Shepherd belonged to the Catholics - it was run by nuns. The building was used for different purposes as the needs of the church changed. During the puritanical era it was used as a home for unwed mothers - there might logically have been an orphanage associated with it but I never heard it mentioned. It's a very large building - 3 stories and a basement, 3 wings, they could have had several functions at one time. When girls started keeping their babies, the building was used for other purposes. After standing empty for some time, the Archdiocese sold it to the City of Seattle, possibly for a nominal sum. The building is rented to various schools and teachers - NeoArt, Gentle Yoga - and part of the grounds are a public park and the Seattle Tilth garden center (organic gardening). I'd start with the assumption that whether Florence was pregnant or whether there were facilities to take in orphaned children, the Archdiocese of Seattle has the records. Seattle reports to Olympia. Perhaps someone has done local Catholic research and can give more detail. I have a Puget Sound Catholic family and checking local church records is on my list of things to do, so I'd be very interested in anyone's experience in getting info from the various layers of the church hierarchy. Diane in Shoreline (washington state) dhettrick@earthlink.net JOHuffER@aol.com wrote: > > In trying to track down some of the loose Partee family ends, my aunt told me > that Florence Partee, daughter of John Bernard Partee and Katherine Keefe was > put into the Good Shepherd Home and she thought it was in Seattle. There must > be a tragic story behind this family as John or "Uncle Bern" as he was known > by, disappeared and resurfaced years later destitute and living in the skid > row section of downtown Seattle.