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1880 U.S. Federal Census New York Juvenile Asylum, New York, NY

Many children from the institution were sent to Illinois and other states on Orphan Trains between about 1853 and 1929.

Actually Alethea - Walls for the Wind

A novel for sale. Can an angel survive Hell on Wheels? Kit Calhoun leaves New York City with a train car full of foundlings from the Immigrant Children

Ancestry.com Wiki - Orphan Trains

FamilySearch Wiki - National Orphan Train Complex

Indiana Orphan Trains Project

A contact point for those interested in the Orphan Trains riders who were given out in Indiana.

Links to Other Orphan Train Pages

Louisiana Orphan Train Museum

Dedicated to the preservation of the historical event of the arrival of the Orphan Train riders from New York Foundling Hospital to Louisiana between the years 1873 and 1929.

National Orphan Train Complex

A museum in Concordia, Kansas.

Orphan Train

Orphan Train books. Orphan Train speaker. Orphan Train researcher.

Orphan Train - Wikipedia

Orphan Train - Wisconsin - A WIGen Web Project

Wisconsin orphan train rider biographies, research queries, and lists and dates of orphan trains stopping in Wisconsin. Orphan Train research person for this site is Clark Kidder - author of Emily's Story: The Brave Journey of an Orphan Train Rider, which chronicles the true life story of his paternal grandmother - an orphan train rider sent to the Midwest in 1906. Kidder is also co-producer and co-writer of the Emmy award-winning documentary West by Orphan Train, which was inspired by his book about his grandmother.

Orphan Train (YouTube)

A song performed by the R.J. Phillips Band.

Orphan Train in Michigan

Video for sale.

Orphan Train Riders | Tracks to Texas

This website was created in the hopes to help connect Orphan Train Riders and their descendants to resources to assist in learning more about their ancestry and for anyone wanting to learn more about the Orphan Trains and the children.

Orphan Train Riders History

Orphan Train Riders of New York (Midwest)

From New York to Minnesota and the Midwest.

Orphan Train Riders to Iowa

Welcome to 'Orphan Train Riders to Iowa' website! Children 'placed out' during the Orphan Train Era (1853-1929) and their descendants have particular research problems. We hope to educate you a bit on this subject and help you further your research on any ancestors you may have that came to Iowa on one of the infamous Orphan Trains. This website is here for you to tell the story of your family's Orphan Train Rider, as well as to try and help you find information that may add to your research. If you have questions or comments please email me and I will do my best to help you. Beginning sometime during 1853, charitable institutions in New York City began sending orphans on trains to the west to find new families, hoping the children would fare better out west than on the streets of New York. Orphan trains began arriving in Iowa during 1854 ending about 1930. During this time over 5000 children were placed in Iowa homes.

Orphan Trains

A brief article with numerous links on the topic.

Orphan Trains of Kansas

Orphan Trains of Nebraska