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Hebrew National Orphan Home

Alumni including Jewish Orphanages in the United States.

His Father's Eyes - Citizen Writer Michael Woloschuk Discovers the Lost Father Who Haunts Eric Clapton's Music

Online article from the Ottawa Citizen.

How to Research Your Orphan Ancestors - Heritage Discovered

Orphan's Home Website

Transcriptions of orphan, adoptee, and foster children listings in orphanages, homes, and poorhouses from U.S. and Canadian censuses.

Orphanages Page ALHN

An American Local History Project.

OrphanFinder.com (Wayback Machine) Updated

OrphanFinder.com is a directory of children’s homes, shelters, foundling homes, orphanages, orphans homes, institutions, asylums, infant schools, nurseries, and other homes for orphans, abandoned, neglected, and disadvantaged children.

The Rise and Demise of the American Orphanage

Online article from Johns Hopkins Magazine - April 1996 issue.

Your Guide to Finding Orphaned & Adopted Ancestors

Information and resources to help you track down ancestors who were brought up outside the home of the birth parents.