Lost and Foundlings: A Tip for Tracing Orphans Pre-Adoption

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“Orphans going to Coney Island, 1911.” (Wikimedia Commons) Q. How can you trace orphans before their adoption? In early August 1859, David Supple was one of the orphan-train riders bound for Noblesville, Ind. I haven’t been able to obtain his birth certificate. I know his parents’ names and that he was born in New York View Website VIP Subscription