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*[[National Archives Central Plains Region (Kansas City)]], censuses, military, pensions, naturalizations, photos, for IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD; Internet access to Ancestry, Heritage Quest, and Footnote.<br>  
*[[National Archives Central Plains Region (Kansas City)]], censuses, military, pensions, naturalizations, photos, for IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD; Internet access to Ancestry, Heritage Quest, and Footnote.<br>  
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/land/ National Archives I], Washington, DC has [[Homestead Records|homestead applications]] for Kansas.<br>  
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/land/ National Archives I], Washington, DC has [[Homestead Records|homestead applications]] for Kansas and all other states.<br>  
*[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, censuses, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.  
*[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, censuses, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.  
*[[Children's Aid Society]], NYC, archives searches ($) for adoptions, and orphan train riders.<br>  
*[[Children's Aid Society]], NYC, archives searches ($) for adoptions, and orphan train riders.<br>  
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*Janet Coble, ''Children of orphan trains&nbsp;: from New York to Illinois and beyond'' ([Springfield, Ill.]&nbsp;: Illinois State Genealogical Society, 1994). {{WorldCat|31950437|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|726007|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J3c}}. Mostly a name list with placing-out details.  
*Janet Coble, ''Children of orphan trains&nbsp;: from New York to Illinois and beyond'' ([Springfield, Ill.]&nbsp;: Illinois State Genealogical Society, 1994). {{WorldCat|31950437|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|726007|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J3c}}. Mostly a name list with placing-out details.  
*Annette R. Fry, ''Orphan Train'' (New York, N.Y.: New Discovery Books, 1994). {{WorldCat|29181847|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|756810|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J3f}}. Brief history of the movement.  
*Annette R. Fry, ''Orphan Train'' (New York, N.Y.: New Discovery Books, 1994). {{WorldCat|29181847|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|756810|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J3f}}. Brief history of the movement.  
*Marilyn Irvin Holt, ''The orphan trains : placing out in America'' (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1992). {{WorldCat|24377482|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|502704|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J3h}}.  
*Marilyn Irvin Holt, ''The orphan trains&nbsp;: placing out in America'' (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1992). {{WorldCat|24377482|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|502704|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J3h}}.  
*Mary Ellen Johnson, comp., ''Orphan train riders: their own stories'', 6&nbsp;vols. (Baltimore, Md.: Orphan Train Heritage Society of America, 1992-2007). {{WorldCat|26565890|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|609165|item|disp=FHL Fiche (v. 1) 6104624; Film (v. 5-6) 2421593 Items 2-3; Book 973 J3j}}. Some of the stories are second-hand.  
*Mary Ellen Johnson, comp., ''Orphan train riders: their own stories'', 6&nbsp;vols. (Baltimore, Md.: Orphan Train Heritage Society of America, 1992-2007). {{WorldCat|26565890|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|609165|item|disp=FHL Fiche (v. 1) 6104624; Film (v. 5-6) 2421593 Items 2-3; Book 973 J3j}}. Some of the stories are second-hand.  
*Clark Kidder, ''Orphan trains and their precious cargo&nbsp;: the life's work of Rev. H. D. Clarke'' (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 2001). {{WorldCat|47922957|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1012174|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J3k}}. Town-by-town distribution lists.  
*Clark Kidder, ''Orphan trains and their precious cargo&nbsp;: the life's work of Rev. H. D. Clarke'' (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 2001). {{WorldCat|47922957|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1012174|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J3k}}. Town-by-town distribution lists.  
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*Tom Riley, ''Orphan Train Riders&nbsp;: a brief history of the orphan train era (1854-1929): with entrance records from the American Female Guardian Society's Home for the Friendless in New York,'' 2&nbsp;vols. (Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2005-2006). {{WorldCat|61716904|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1332878|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J3r}}. Mostly AFGS name lists with references to original documents.  
*Tom Riley, ''Orphan Train Riders&nbsp;: a brief history of the orphan train era (1854-1929): with entrance records from the American Female Guardian Society's Home for the Friendless in New York,'' 2&nbsp;vols. (Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2005-2006). {{WorldCat|61716904|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1332878|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J3r}}. Mostly AFGS name lists with references to original documents.  
*Andrea Warren, ''We rode the orphan trains'' (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001). {{WorldCat|45172785|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. Rider stories for Elementary and Junior High audiences.
*Andrea Warren, ''We rode the orphan trains'' (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001). {{WorldCat|45172785|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. Rider stories for Elementary and Junior High audiences.
*Patricia J Young, and Frances E Marks, ''Tears on paper : the history and life stories of the orphan train riders'' ([Bella Vista, Ark.] : P.J. Young ; [Idaho] : F.E. Marks, 1990). {{WorldCat|22393656|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|472006|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J3y}}. Rider stories.


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