At 10:24 PM 04/14/2000 -0700, you wrote: >>James, >> >>Since you are so knowledgeable, I was wondering if you might know how I >>could go about finding orphanages in the Mecklenburg County, NC area. My >>grandma Shuman was reared in one in approximately 1868-1870. I've >>contacted the library and even they have given me particularly no >>information. Hi Judi; I know you didn't ask me, but, have you looked in the local library to see if they have any Business Directories for that time. Many cities did. Good Luck in your hunt. Regards; Kathleen (Kathie) in Michigan bacardi@ismi.net Researching: ROOSA/ROSA in Madison County, NY and Illinois CUSHMAN in NY McCAULEY in Indiana/Michigan/possibly Canada MAHAN in Ill and Ireland CURLEY/CORLEY in Mayo and Illinois O'LONE/O'LOAN in Antrim/ Miichigan/Illinois DESCHENES in Quebec, France and USA WACKER Germany HORNUNG Germany RAUSER Germany SCHUMAN German/Michigan I'd rather be diggin up dead ancestors, than weeds....... http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1366/genealogy.htm http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1366/Genealogy1.htm