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
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.
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.
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