Series XIV. Records of Children and Mothers (Restricted), 1869-1966

The subseries consists of 15 admissions volumes 1869-1955, including 13 consecutive volumes and 2 additional volumes with some duplicate and some additional information. The volumes list children in the order they arrived, with each child given a new consecutive case number. The format of the volumes changed over the years, with different information collected. In general, the volumes give the child's name, the date of admission, date of birth, health, baptismal status, information about the parents including their religion, information about who committed the child to the Foundling, and information about the disposition of the child - his or her date of indenture, hospitalization, discharge, death, etc.

Volume 73 includes, on the last pages, lists of colored boys and girls going to Kansas and Baltimore.

For children listed alphabetically, see Comptroller volumes (Series XIV.5).

The subseries contains 9 volumes of records of children discharged from the New York Foundling Hospital, 1906-1966, with a gap between 1911 November and 1918 September. Each volume records discharges to family members or to other institutions, arranged by month. The earlier volumes also include lists of discharges due to death or indenture.

Volume 80, in the previous subseries, also contains discharge information.

The subseries consists of 3 volumes of baptismal records, 1869-1945. The volumes are arranged by date, listing the name of the child, his or her case number at the Foundling, and the name of the person who performed the baptism or where it took place. The final volume includes some notations about subsequent confirmations and marriages, dating as late as circa 1962.

Additional baptismal records may be found in the Boarding-Out Department, St. Joseph's-by-the-Sea, and St. Ann's Maternity Hospital subseries (XIV.4, XIV.6, and XIV.8 respectively).

The subseries contains several types of volumes of boarding-out and foster care records, grouped by type of volume. The various formats enable access to information from different perspectives. Text in square brackets explains each volume's organizational principle.

The subseries contains 18 volumes labeled "Comptroller." The volumes are a complete set (1874-1930) of lists of children arranged alphabetically and by year. The volumes record each child's time in an unspecified Foundling facility and provide a final disposition (discharged, transferred, indentured, died). These volumes complement the Children's Record volumes (Series XIV.1) which provide more detailed information.

The subseries consists of four volumes of records from the St. Joseph's-by-the-Sea facility in Staten Island. The facility was an overflow extension of the Foundling's facilities on 68th Street.

The subseries consists of two volumes of records of mothers who resided temporarily at the Foundling. Both volumes are arranged chronologically. There is some overlap of information in the volumes.

The subseries consists of 11 volumes of patients' records, followed by 86 Birth Registry volumes, followed by 2 volumes of baptismal records from St. Ann's Maternity Hospital.

The 11 volumes of patients' records are chronological records spanning 1879-1946, with a gap between 1903 December and 1921 May, and another gap between 1926 February and 1936 January. The records 1879-1926 record the mother's name, maiden name, age, and country of birth; the father's name, age, country of birth and profession; the child's name, birthdate, and case number if applicable; a contact address; a record of payment; and sometimes the doctor's name. The records 1936-1946 record the mother's name and age, along with a detailed medical report of the labor and birth, signed by the doctor and nurse.

The 86 Birth Registry volumes contain the birth certificate stubs of children born at St. Ann's, 1881-1946. These birth certificate stubs provide the same information as the birth certificate. The volumes are roughly chronological, with one child's certificate per page.

The baptismal records span the years 1910-1934. The first volume (1910-1926) is organized alphabetically by child. Most of the entries are from 1910-1913, with a few added entries up to 1926. The second volume (1926-1934) is arranged chronologically.