Adoption Records, c. 1920s-80s [St Anthony’s Croydon] are on cards and contain information about the birth mother, the baby and the adopting parents. The amount and type of information varies from case to case. The cards are housed in two filing cabinet drawers. They may include the following information: name, address, physical description, educational background…
Admission Forms (dates uncertain) relate to St Joseph’s Girls’ Home. The forms contain the following information: child’s name; date and place of birth; religion; date and place of baptism; vaccination record; father’s name, address, occupation, date and place of death and religion; mother’s maiden name, address, occupation, date and place of death and religion; name,…
The Admission Registers from St Joseph’s Girls’ Home comprise three volumes. The amount and detail of the information recorded in the Admission Registers varies. The first volume (1880-June 1964) records: child’s name; date of birth; date of admission; religion and date of removal. The second volume (April 1959-January 1970) records: child’s name; date of birth;…
The Admission Registers from St Joseph’s Home for Children, Croydon comprise four volumes, that record: child’s name, date and place of birth; date received and date discharged; to whom discharged; religion; and parents’ names, addresses and occupations. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact Family Spirit. Physical access to the original records is…
Personal Record Cards is an archival series from St Anthony’s Croydon. The records date from around the 1950s to the 1970s, and relate to children who were not adopted and young children under the age of three years who were placed in long or short term care. The cards include information about the child, such…
This collection contains records relating to St Catherine’s Orphanage from the period 1961-1990. Note that while the Orphanage opened in 1931, the whereabouts of records from before 1961 are not known. This collection contains: Index of Residents, 1961-1990. It is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the resident, and includes the following information: name; date…
List of Names for Orphanage Endowment Claim is an archival series relating to St John’s Orphanage, Thurgoona. The information in this volume includes the following: name of child; date of admission; date and place of birth; father’s name; mother’s maiden name; and date of discharge. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact the…
The Admission Registers from St Patrick’s Orphanage, Armidale NSW contain the following information: name of child; date of birth; dates of admission and discharge; former address (sometimes only a town); and religion. The name of at least one parent usually appears. If siblings came into care, their details are also recorded. It is not always…
The Personal Record Cards from St Patrick’s Orphanage, Armidale, NSW date from the 1960s period. The personal record cards contain information about residents of the orphanage including; name, date of birth, place of birth, family information, admission, discharge and medical information. The cards are filed alphabetically by child’s surname. Access Conditions For access to these…
This Series of Admission Registers is made up of five registers containing handwritten entries with information on boys who were admitted to St John’s Boys’ Home, Goulburn, or on boys and girls who were admitted to St John’s Home, Auburn Street, Goulburn (the home provided care for girls and boys and was established in 1976…
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