 HNOH HISTORY
FROM THE BEGINNING...........
|
HNOH ALUMNI 
REUBEN KOFTOFF MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
THOUGHTS and CHALLENGE
WHO WE ARE
HISTORY
GIRLS?
IN THE ALUMNI? [IOA]
OFFICERS
NEWSLETTER
EDITORIALS
AWARDS
ARCHIVES
VIDEO TAPE
INFORMATION
|
HNOH MEMORIES
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF ALUMNI BROTHERS
WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
|
HNOH PHOTO ALBUM
BAR MITZVAHS
GRADUATIONS
SPORTS
MISCELLANEOUS
HOMECREST GIRLS
HNOH BAND
|
HNOH MEMORIALS
"TREASURES OF TIME", A POEM BY
CHARLES "CHICK" BAKER
LISTS
OF NAMES
PHOTOGRAPHS
|
New York Times Articles spanning 1915 - 1958
66 Original Articles and Advertisement Clippings
published in the New York Times
News, Social Events, Fund Raisers, etc.
|
A truly poignant story about an HNOH Brother written by his son.
Information
|
Jewish Orphanages
Jewish Societies (Widows and Orphans, Funds, etc.)
Jewish Social Services
Orphan Train Destinations in the United States
|
JEWISH ORPHANAGES
IN THE UNITED STATES
(23 States with 49 Cities and over 100 Orphanages Identified)
UNITED STATES MAP (Including):
STATES WITH JEWISH ORPHANAGES
STATES WITH JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES ONLY
LISTING OF JEWISH ORPHANAGES
BY STATE, CITY AND EARLIEST DATE FOUNDED - (If Known)
HISTORIES
INFORMATION
FOR ACCESSING RECORDS
ALUMNI
INFORMATION - (If Known)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
|
JCCA
(JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION)
LIST OF NEW YORK AREA ORPHANAGES & INSTITUTIONS
ALUMNI INFORMATION
SUMMARY: JCCA HOLDINGS
JCCA HISTORY
TIMELINE OF JCCA HOLDINGS
BY NAME, DATE, EXACT LOCATION and NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INFORMATION
FOR ACCESSING RECORDS
SEEKING INFORMATION
|
HISTORY
ALUMNI INFORMATION
TIME LINE
1930 CENSUS
"AN ORPHAN HAS MANY PARENTS"
CURRENT NEWS
PHOTO ALBUM
MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Residents and Staff)
|
THE SAGA OF THE LADIES DEBORAH
NURSERY AND CHILD'S PROTECTORY
PROLOGUE
NAMES & LOCATIONS
HISTORY
BOOK EXCERPT
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
ANNUAL REPORT
NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLES (17)
RECORDED COURT DOCUMENTS
OTHER NEWSPAPER ARTICLES RE: LADY DEB
List of Newspapers, Title and Date
FINAL REPORT
OTHER INFORMATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
|
ORPHAN ARCHIVES: RECORDS and HOLDINGS
ARCHIVAL & ACCESS INFORMATION FOR MANY U.S. ORPHANAGES
(Brief Summaries)
ORPHAN TRAINS
ORPHAN TRAIN RECORDS NOW OPEN
ORPHAN TRAIN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF AMERICA
ORPHAN TRAIN URL LINKS
ORPHAN COURT RECORDS:
HAVE YOU LOOKED IN ORPHAN'S COURT?
ORPHAN COURTS DOCKETS
ORPHAN COURT RECORDS FOR NY STATE
PENNYSLVANIA ORPHAN COURT RECORDS
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ORPHANAGES
ORPHAN ARTICLE "EXCERPT"
YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH
RECORDS OF UNITED HEBREW CHARITIES
AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
FINDING AIDS
NEW YORK ORPHAN ASYLUM HOLDINGS AT THE AMERICAN
JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: ACCESS AND RESEARCH INFORMATION FOR CHILD-SPECIFIC
HOLDINGS
AJHS HOLDINGS
ACCESS TO RECORDS
RESEARCH AT AJHS
CHILD-SPECIFIC HOLDINGS:
Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum (BHOA
Hebrew Guardian Sheltering Society of New York
Hartman-Homecrest/Hebrew National Orphan Home (HNOH)
Hebrew Infant Asylum of the City of New York Hebrew Orphan Asylum (HOA)
Home for Hebrew Infants of the City of New York
NON-CHILD-SPECIFIC HOLDINGS
RECOMMENDED READING
NOTES
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY HOLDINGS FOR THE HOA
NEW
YORK ORPHAN ASYLUM RECORDS
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NY
THE NEW YORK HOSPITAL-CORNELL
MEDICAL CENTER
MEDICAL ARCHIVES of Various Institutions in NYC
[1771-Present]
OTHER ARCHIVE & LIBRARY RESOURCES
NEW YORK JUVENILE ASYLUM Alumnus - Orphan Train Riders Information
OTHER NEWSPAPER ARTICLES RE:
HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM and
BROOKLYN HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM
List of Newspapers, Title and Date
SEARCHING FOR ADOPTION RECORDS
Example of Search Made through Louis Wise Services
FIVE POINTS HOUSE OF INDUSTRY
a/k/a WOODYCREST-FIVE POINTS CHILD CARE
a/k/a GREER-WOODYCREST CHILDREN'S SERVICES
a//k/a FIVE POINTS CHILD CARE
-----ARCHIVES FOUND
NEW INFORMATION
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION FOR NEW YORK STATE
RECORDS LOCATED FOR FIVE POINTS MISSION
NEW YORK FOUNDLING & CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
"FREE" LOOKUPS
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION & HISTORY
1900 BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS IN CHICAGO
|
PART -1-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND SPECIAL NOTES
THE STORY
OF SELIGMAN SOLOMON
NAMES AND GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION*
OF 170
ORPHANS AND FOUNDLINGS
INTERRED IN FREE BURIAL
IN NEW YORK AREA CEMETERIES
*Information includes:
Names of Orphans and Foundlings
Last Known Residence
Death Certificates with Numbers,
Listing Date of Death and Age
Location of Death and Burial
Cause of Death
Parental History if Known -
Other Facts
LOCATIONS & INFORMATION OF NAMED:
CEMETERIES
HOSPITALS
INSTITUTIONS
DEDICATION TO NEW YORK CITY ORPHANS - by Florence Marmor
PART -2-
ORPHAN and FOUNDLING BURIALS (1893-1901)
with Genealogical Information including Names of 109
Orphans and Foundlings - Death Certificates with Numbers, Listing Date
of Death and Age..and if known....Last known Residence - Location of Death
- Cause of Death - Parental History - Plus Other Facts
|
FEDERAL and STATE CENSUS
Information with Lists of Children
Residing in Orphanages, Jewish and other Denominations
United
States Federal Census Access Information
HEBREW NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME - Yonkers, NY
1930 Federal Census - (List of 328 Names)
MARKS NATHAN HOME - Chicago, IL
1930 Federal Census - (ED Informaton Only)
CHICAGO HOME FOR JEWISH ORPHANS - Chicago, IL
1930 Federal Census - (ED Informaton Only)
JEWISH WIDOWS AND ORPHANS HOME - New Orleans,
LA
1930 Federal Census - (List of 167 Names)
ORTHODOX JEWISH ORPHAN HOME- Cleveland, OH
1930 Federal Census - (ED Informaton Only)
JEWISH ORPHAN HOME/BELLEFAIRE - University Heights, OH
1930 Federal Census - (ED Informaton Only)
HEBREW HOME FOR DESTITUTE CHILDREN - Boston, MA
1930 Federal Census - (ED Informaton Only)
DAUGHTERS OF HANNAH - Baltimore, MD
1930 Federal Census - (List of 10 Names)
Various Enumeration Districts for Jewish Orphanages,Other
Institutions & Societies- Bronx and New York, , NY
1930 Federal Census - (ED Informaton
Only)
BROOKLYN HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM (BHOA) - Brooklyn, NY
1925 New York State Census - (Access Information)
HEBREW NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME (HNOH) - New York, NY
1920 Federal Census - (List of 120 Names)
HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM (HOA) - New York, NY
1920 Federal Census - (List of 1,055 Names)
BROOKLYN HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM (BHOA) - Brooklyn, NY
1920 Federal Census - (List of 669 Names)
HEBREW ORPHAN'S HOME - Atlanta, GA
1920 Federal Census - (ED Informaton Only)
JEWISH INFANT ORPHAN HOME - Cleveland, OH
1920 Federal Census - (ED Informaton Only)
JEWISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Cleveland OH
1920 Federal Census - (ED Informaton Only)
HEBREW SHELTERING GUARDIAN SOCIETY - Mount Pleasant Township, Westchester
County, NY
1920 Federal Census - (ED Informaton Only)
HEBREW
ORPHAN ASYLUM (HOA) - New York, NY
1910 Federal Census - (List of 1,295 Names)
HOME OF JEWISH FRIENDLESS - Chicago, IL
1910 Federal Census - (List of 126 Names}
MARKS NATHAN HOME - Chicago, IL
1910 Federal Census - (List of 143 Names)
HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM - Newark, NJ
1905 New Jersey State Census - (List of 58
Names)
BROOKLYN HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM (BHOA) - Brooklyn,
NY
1900 Federal Census - (List of 336 Names)
CHICAGO HOME FOR JEWISH ORPHANS - Chicago, IL
1900 Federal Census - (List of 112 Names)
JEWISH WIDOWS AND ORPHANS HOME - New Orleans, LA
1900 Federal Census - (List of 151 Names)
HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM - Baltimore,MD
1900 Federal Census - (List of 72 Names)
HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM (HOA) - New York, NY
1900 Federal Census - (List of 831 Names)
JEWISH FOSTER HOME - Cincinnati, OH
1900 Federal Census - (ED Information Only)
HEBREW SHELTERING GUARDIAN SOCIETY OF NY
1900 Federal Census - (List of 853 Names)
THE JEWISH HOME ON CHURCH STREET a/k/a THE JEWISH HOME FOR CHILDREN - Philadelphia,
PA
1900 Federal Census - (List of 118 Names)
NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL - New York, NY
1890 NYC Police Census/175 East 68th St -
(List of 726 Names)
LADY DEBORAH NURSERY & CHILD PROTECTORY
- New York, NY
1890 NYC Police Census/83 Henry Street - (List
of 82 Names)
LADY DEBORAH NURSERY & CHILD PROTECTORY - New York,
NY
1890 NYC Police Census/95-97 East Broadway
- (List of 98 Names)
LADY DEBORAH NURSERY & CHILD PROTECTORY - New York,
NY
1890 NYC Police Census/103 East Broadway -
(List of 92 Names)
LADIES DEBORAH NURSERY - New York, NY
1880 Federal Census/95
East Broadway - (List of 73 Names)
ORPHANS FOUND INDIVIDUALLY
In Miscellaneous Census
NEW YORK AREA ORPHANAGES
1880 Soundex ED's Various Denominations and
Addresses
JEWISH WIDOWS & ORPHANS ASSOCIATION - New Orleans, LA
1870 Federal Census - (List of 94 Names)
ASSOCIATION
FOR THE RELIEF OF
JEWISH WIDOWS & ORPHANS - New Orleans, LA
1860 Federal Census - (List of 63 Names)
JEWISH CHILDRENS HOME - New Orleans, LA
1860-1920 Census Citations
NEW
YORK ORPHAN ASYLUM
1855 New York State Census Information
|
ORPHANAGE ALUMNI SEARCH POSTINGS
OTHER ALUMNI ORGANIZATIONS
SEEKING INFORMATION:
SANITARIUM FOR HEBREW CHILDREN HOSPITAL
A/K/A
CONVALESCENT HOME FOR HEBREW CHILDREN
Chilren's Photo from the ISRAEL ORPHAN ASYLUM
Circa 1946-1948
ORPHANAGE ALUMNI REUNIONS
CHICAGO HOME
For JEWISH ORPHANS
ALUMNI REUNION - APRIL 27, 1979 [276 Names]
MEMORIES:
Photograph of 4th Grade Class
PS 28 on Fulton and Ralph Aves.
Brooklyn, NY
across street from
BROOKLYN HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM
(1918-1919 School Year)
|
JEWISH GENEALOGY RESOURCES
(A) - ARCHIVES, INSTITUTES, LIBRARIES
(B) - ARTICLES, MAGAZINES,
NEWSLETTERS, NEWSPAPERS
(C)
- BURIAL & CEMETERY & YIZKOR BOOK INFO
(D)
- COUNTRIES (CITIES & SHTETLS)
(E)
- DATABASES, DIRECTORIES, INDICES & LISTS
(F) - FOOD & SHOPPING
(G) - HISTORY
(H)
- HOLIDAYS
(I)
- HOLOCAUST
(J) - HUMOR
(K) - INFORMATION
(L) - LANGUAGE
(M)
- MEMORIALS & MUSEUMS
(N)
- MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES & LINKS
(O)
- ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIETIES (ASSOCIATIONS)
(P)
- SEPHARDIC LINKS
|
OTHER GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES
(A) - ADOPTION RESOURCES & REGISTRIES
(B) - CEMETERIES, OBITUARIES,
WILLS & FUNERAL INFO
(C)
- COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
(D)
- GENEALOGY LINKS (Miscellaneous)
(E)
- GOVERNMENT INFO
(F)
- HISTORY LINKS
(G)
- HOW TO's
(H) - MAPS
& FLAGS
(I) - NEW
YORK STATE, COUNTIES & CITIES INFO
(J)
- ORPHANS & ORPHAN TRAINS
(K)
- PASSENGER & SHIP INFO
(L)
- REFERENCE INFO
(M) - REUNION SOURCES &
YEARBOOKS
(N) - SEARCH ENGINES
& DIRECTORIES
(O) - VIRUSES,
HOAXES & ALERTS
(P) - WARS, MILITARY HISTORY & RECORDS
INFORMATION
(Q) - VENDORS: GENEALOGICAL
SUPPLIES & CHARTS
(R) - VOLUNTEER LOOK-UPS
|
"DEJA VIEWS OF AN AGING ORPHAN" by Sam George Arcus
(Hebrew National Orphan Home, Yonkers, NY)
REVIEWS:
A BOOK OF MANY PARTS - Dr. Ira Greenberg
"ORPHANOLOGY" HAS A NEW GEM! - Stan Friedland
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS! - Marge Spears-Soloff
BENCHMARK FOR THE GENRE - Dr. Roy Lachman
A WELCOME CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF JEWS IN AMERICA - American
Jewish Historical Society
AN EXCITING TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE AND A VOYAGE OF DICOVERY - E. M.
Nathanson
PASSIONATE, INSIGHTFUL AND FILLED WITH WISDOM- Jeff Needleman
ARIZONA SUNDAY STAR (February 18, 2001) - J. C. Martin
OTHER BRIEF QUOTES - Various Reviewers
THE HEBREW NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME:
MEMORIES OF ORPHANAGE LIFE
by Ira A. Greenberg (Editor), Richard G. Safran (Editor), Sam GeorgeArcus
JOURNEYS by Sam George Arcus
(Sequel to Deja Views)
REVIEW by Stan Friedland,Ed.D.
A JOURNEY WORTH TAKING, A BOOK WORTH READING - A Review by Roy Lachman,
Ph.D
AN ORPHAN HAS MANY PARENTS by Stan Friedland and Phil Craft
(Pride of Judea, Brooklyn, NY)
GIRL FROM THE HOME by Muriel Fox
(Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Brooklyn, NY
AUTHOR TEXT
A LIFE WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES by Stephen Elliot
(Jewish Children's Bureau of Chicago, Chicago, IL)
REVIEW:
Raised in a Home for Troubled Youth, A Writer Soars to Literary Acclaim
by Lisa Keys
KOLA: EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF A SIBERIAN HUSKY
by Sam George Arcus
REVIEW:
KOLA: What A Pleasant Surprise!
Reviewer: Stan Friedland
HOME KIDS: The Story of St. Agatha Home for Children
by Nancy Canfield
REVIEW:
Autobiography Explores Life in Children's Home, March 2006
Orphan Train's Crossroads
Reviewer:Stephanie Haiar, NOTC Museum Curator
|
INFORMATION
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
A- SPECIFIC JEWISH ORPHANAGE BOOKS
B- NONSPECIFIC JEWISH ORPHANAGE BOOKS
C- FEATURED BOOK SELECTIONS
D- JEWISH HISTORY BOOKS (Referenced on Website)
E- JEWISH & GENERAL GENEALOGY BOOKS
F- OTHER JEWISH BOOKS:
Children's by Age
Food
Humor
Jewish Miscellaneous: History, Religion & Spirituality, etc,
Jewish Reference: Atlases, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Guides/Handbooks,
Holiday, Planners, etc |
G- JEWISH MUSIC CD'S
H- RAGTIME MUSIC CD'S
|
|
|
