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<br> The Children's Aid Society of New York was the primary sending institution involved in the [[National Orphan Train Complex|orphan train movement]] from 1853-1930 which "placed out" by railroad 200,000 orphans, abandoned, or homeless children to 48 states and Canada. In some cases they have records of birth parents.[[Image:{{CASoffice}}]]<br><br>  

'''E-mail:'''<ref name="Contact">[http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/contact Contact Us] at ''The Children's Aid Society'' (accessed 27 September 2012).</ref> &nbsp;[mailto:webmaster@childrensaidsociety.org?subject=Adoption_search_request webmaster@childrensaidsociety.org] <br>  

*[http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/ The Children's Aid Society] Internet site: who we serve, what we do, how it happens, including the [http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/about/history/orphan-trains orphan trains], and [http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/about/history/victor-remer-historical-archives Victor Remer Historical Archives].<br><br>

Archived records of the Children's Aid Society are '''housed at the [http://www.nyhistory.org/ New-York Historical Society]'''. The CAS programs which placed children in homes outside of the city make up the bulk of the CAS collection. These records may be found in Series XI, box numbers 45-971 and volumes 362-473. '''''Boxes 56-971 are restricted and need special permission to be viewed. Many of the volumes in this series are also restricted. Restricted volumes are noted in the container list. Most records involving specific children require special permission to be viewed'''''. Boxes 45-971 include the case files and correspondence of foster or adopted children sent to the country, and of boys who had completed the CAS farm school program and who were then placed on farms for wages. <br>  

674.0 Linear feet (996 archival boxes; 490 bound volumes)<ref name="Guide" />  

$25 fee for research conducted by the Children's Aids Society.  

Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to twenty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. (Researchers may not accrue unused copy amounts from previous days.)<ref name="Guide">[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/childrensaidsociety_at.html Guide to the Records of the Children's Aid Society 1836-2006 (bulk 1853-1947) MS 111] at ''The New-York Historical Society'' (accessed 28 September 2012).</ref>  

*[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/childrensaidsociety_at.html Guide to the Records of the Children's Aid Society 1836-2006 (bulk 1853-1947) MS 111] at the New-York Historical Society. This guide contains materials pertaining to emigration programs such as the Orphan Train, foster care and adoption programs operating between 1853-1947, annual reports to 2006, a small collection of materials from 1948-1951, and The Children's Aid Society lodging houses, industrial schools, convalescent homes, health centers and farm schools.<ref>[http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/about/history/orphan-trains The Orphan Trains] at ''The Children's Aid Society'' (accessed 28 September 2012).</ref><br>  

*Inskeep, Carolee R. ''The Children's Aid Society of New York: An Index to the Federal, State, and Local Census Records of Its Lodging Houses (1855–1925)''. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1996. {{WorldCat|34963937|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|763493|item|disp=FHL Book 974.71 J3i}}. Includes 1855, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890 (police census), 1900, 1905, 1910, 1915, 1920, and 1925 censuses.<br><br>

If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.  

*[[Stadsarchief Amsterdam]] (Amsterdam Municipal Archives in the Netherlands) Some of the earliest '''New York City''' ([[New Netherland|New Netherland]]) records are also stored here. Also, the earliest European New York settlers often lived in Amsterdam before their move to the New World.<ref>Gwenn F. Epperson, ''New Netherland Roots'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub., 1994), 37-43. {{WorldCat|29980509}}; {{FHL|651271|item|disp=FHL Book 974.7 D27e}}.</ref> Includes the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] 1801-1840 deeds from western New York state, and northwestern Pennsylvania.<ref name="HLC">[http://www.fredonia.edu/library/collections/archives/holland.asp Holland Land Company] in ''SUNY Fredonia'' (accessed 22 November 2013).</ref>

*[[United States Adoption Research]] Research Wiki article.  

*[http://www.cyndislist.com/railroads/orphan-trains/ Orphan Trains] Cyndi's List.<br><br>

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