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[[Indiana Genealogy|Indiana]] maintains a state children’s home at Knightstown, Henry County. This home opened about 1868 and cares for the children of any veteran who has died. The records, such as yearly reports of the children living at the home, are at the Indiana State Archives. The admission books contain the name of the child, birth date, names of parents, father’s military history and admission date, guardian or relative, and remarks. Admission applications contain the name of the child, name of the person making the application, town, country, and state of child’s residence, sex, color, birth date, father, father’s military record, mother’s maiden name, mother’s present name, names and addresses of siblings, why admission was sought, and physician’s certificate. About 6,800 orphans are listed in the records from 1868 to 1949.