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====Orphan Out-migration==== | ====Orphan Out-migration==== | ||
*From about 1854–1929, some '''100,000 homeless children from New York City''' were "placed out" to families in upstate New York and the midwestern states. They are frequently referred to as the '''orphan train children'''. | *From about 1854–1929, some '''100,000 homeless children from New York City''' were "placed out" to families in upstate New York and the midwestern states. They are frequently referred to as the [https://orphantraindepot.org/history/ '''orphan train children''']. | ||
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*'''New York Children's Aid Society'''<br>Adoption and Foster Home Division<br>150 East 45th Street<br>New York, NY 10017<br>Phone: 212-949-4800<br>Fax: 212-682-8016<br>[http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/ Website]<br>(Organized in 1853) | |||
*'''New York Foundling Hospital (Catholic)'''<br>590 Avenue of the Americas<br>New York, NY 10011<br>Phone: 212-633-9300<br>Fax: 212-886-4048<br>[https://catholiccharitiesny.org/our-agencies/new-york-foundling Website]<br>(Organized in 1869 and began placing out children in 1873)<br> | |||
:[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/foundling/bioghist.html Guide to the Records of the New York Foundling Hospital] | |||
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====Societies==== | ====Societies==== | ||