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Orphanages and Temporary Shelters

• Hebrew National Orphan Home - the web page of the "alumni" association of this New York City Hebrew Orphanage - historical and Aachival information on Jewish orphanages in the United States - 23 States, 48 cities and over 100 Jewish orphanages have been identified - names of children are being added from Federal and State Census from variousorphanages when found.  Over 400 Jewish genealogy and other resource links for researching
• Poor Jews' Temporary Shelter - a database of Jews who passed through this shelter en route to South Africa between 1895 and 1914