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== Contact Information == | == Contact Information == | ||
''' | '''Email:'''<ref name="Contact">[http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/contact Contact Us] at ''The Children's Aid Society'' (accessed 27 September 2012).</ref> [mailto:webmaster@childrensaidsociety.org?subject=Adoption_search_request webmaster@childrensaidsociety.org] <br> | ||
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$25 fee for research conducted by the Children's Aids Society. | $25 fee for research conducted by the Children's Aids Society. | ||
Researchers who wish to personally view restricted children's files or restricted volumes should contact the library of the New-York Historical Society (Phone: 212-873-3400; Fax: 212-595-5707; | Researchers who wish to personally view restricted children's files or restricted volumes should contact the library of the New-York Historical Society (Phone: 212-873-3400; Fax: 212-595-5707; Email: [mailto:info@nyhistory.org <info@nyhistory.org>]). These researchers will be referred to a designated specialist from the Children's Aid Society who will interview the potential researcher to determine what he or she may consult and will then supervise the reader's use of the appropriate material. Guidelines currently in place for family history research at CAS, as determined by legal restrictions on the accessibility of adoption and foster care records, will be followed. Such researchers will follow as well the general registration procedures of the New-York Historical Society. | ||
Researchers who wish to view open materials will register at the New-York Historical Society as Manuscript users, and be allowed access to the unrestricted materials in the collection. | Researchers who wish to view open materials will register at the New-York Historical Society as Manuscript users, and be allowed access to the unrestricted materials in the collection. | ||
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*[[New-York Historical Society]], NYC, houses the Children's Aid Society archives, and some New York Foundling Hospital records, both orphan train sending institutions, as well as has the largest manuscript collection in New York State, many town records, colonial records, newspapers, periodicals, biographies, histories, directories, maps, photos.<ref name="DB81">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 81. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | *[[New-York Historical Society]], NYC, houses the Children's Aid Society archives, and some New York Foundling Hospital records, both orphan train sending institutions, as well as has the largest manuscript collection in New York State, many town records, colonial records, newspapers, periodicals, biographies, histories, directories, maps, photos.<ref name="DB81">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 81. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | ||
*[[National Orphan Train Complex]], Concordia, Kansas, preserves the records of the children and agents who rode the trains, history of the orphan train movement, stories of the children, photos, artifacts, a rider registry, a speakers' bureau, and the organization's online news. | *[[National Orphan Train Complex]], Concordia, Kansas, preserves the records of the children and agents who rode the trains, history of the orphan train movement, stories of the children, photos, artifacts, a rider registry, a speakers' bureau, and the organization's online news.<br><br> | ||
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
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*[[New York City Municipal Reference and Research Center]] can provide street name origins, city council minutes, serials, books, and 400,000 documents focused on the history of New York City.<ref name="DB81" /> | *[[New York City Municipal Reference and Research Center]] can provide street name origins, city council minutes, serials, books, and 400,000 documents focused on the history of New York City.<ref name="DB81" /> | ||
*[http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court Southern District of New York] has recent civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases for New York County (Manhattan).<ref name="HBG" /> | *[http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court Southern District of New York] has recent civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases for New York County (Manhattan).<ref name="HBG" /> | ||
*[[New York City New York FamilySearch Center]] has [[FamilySearch Center Portal|premium online services]] for free and offers research guidance. | *[[New York City New York FamilySearch Center]] has [[FamilySearch Center Portal|premium online services]] for free and offers research guidance. | ||
*[[Holland Society of New York]], NYC, has 7,000 [[New Netherland]] family and local history books, Dutch Reformed Church records. Good collection for other ethnic groups along the Atlantic coast.<ref name="DB81" /> | *[[Holland Society of New York]], NYC, has 7,000 [[New Netherland]] family and local history books, Dutch Reformed Church records. Good collection for other ethnic groups along the Atlantic coast.<ref name="DB81" /> | ||
*[[Huguenot Society of America]], NYC, open by appointment: history, settlement, genealogy, biography, theology. They have the largest Huguenot collection outside London, including 1600s records of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and colonial America.<ref name="DB81" /> | *[[Huguenot Society of America]], NYC, open by appointment: history, settlement, genealogy, biography, theology. They have the largest Huguenot collection outside London, including 1600s records of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and colonial America.<ref name="DB81" /> | ||
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