A guide to orphan homes in Buffalo and which ones have surviving records

Not digitized or online. Only at The Buffalo History Museum.

Includes their orphanage, often called Holy Innocents Home. Courtesy of FamilySearch.org.

Allen E. Jewett. These 2 volumes are not online. The link shows you libraries who have them in hard copy.

Rosanne Higgins

Children in care on the day the 1930 census was taken

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426 names

Includes several orphan homes in Erie County

Later known as the NY State Board of Social Welfare. Has short descriptions of all the charitable institutions in the state, including orphanages.

This 1857 report is online in full text

A guide to the few orphanage records in the collection of The Buffalo History Museum. These are the only items in their collection that identify children by name in any of Buffalo’s orphan homes. They are not digitized or online and must be used in person. The links provide greater bibliographic detail about each source.

An index of names found in the proceedings of the Erie County Board of Supervisors. Not digitized or online.

This book is out of print and is not digitized or online. The WorldCat record shows which libraries own it.