Adoption Records
- Directory of Agencies Holding Closed Adoption Records
- New Jersey Adoption Resource Clearing House. Updated 4-13-2017.
Birth Certificates
- As of January 2017, authorized individuals may obtain an uncertified copy of an adoptee’s original birth certificate. See: https://www.nj.gov/health/vital/adoption
Rutgers University Special Collections
- Passaic Home and Orphan Asylum
- Including registers of inmates, 1896-1961, and inmate case files.
- Sheltering Arms Childrens Service (New York, N.Y.)
- Including case histories, registers and other information on the backgrounds of admitted children, 1864-1955, and foster home files, 191-1946. Also includes records of the New York Child's Foster Home Service, 1852-1956; the Howard Mission and Home for Little Wanderers, 1861-1946; the Children's Fold, 1870-1905; the Shepherd's Fold, 1894-1904; and the Katy Ferguson Home (which served African Americans exclusively), 1925-1953. Advance notice required to consult this collection.
Other Orphan Records
- Catholic Charities Adoption Association and St. Mary's Orphan Asylum (1853-1972)
- Seton Hall University, Msgr. William Noe Field Archives and Special Collections Center.
- Newark Orphan Asylum Record Books (1868-1929)
- Newark Public Library, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center.
- Protestant Foster Home Record Book (1848-1911)
- Newark Public Library, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center. In 1948 the Protestant Foster Home merged with the Newark Orphan Asylum, becoming the Newark Home for Foster Care.
Subject Guide
Natalie Borisovets
Contact:
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John Cotton Dana Library
Newark, N.J. 07102
John Cotton Dana Library
Newark, N.J. 07102
Subjects: American Studies, Communication, Criminal Justice, History - Global & Eurasian, History - North America, Journalism & Media Studies, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Literatures in English, New Jerseyana, Political Science, Social Work, Spanish & Portuguese Studies, Women's & Gender Studies