Maternity Homes

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The addition of this new section has been a tremendous amount of work. As I searched for the most recent and up-to-date information on the internet, I encountered almost as many dead links as I did brick walls when I was helping a birth mother search for her adopted daughter.

I will add more information about the many maternity homes around the country then and now. Since some of the homes were excellent, while others dealt in the black market, you may find some of these homes listed under more than one category. I have included Butterbox Babies here as those babies were born to women in the Ideal Maternity Home and Sanitarium.

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The Ideal Maternity Home and Sanitarium, located in Nova Scotia, was responsible for the illegal adoptions of many Canadian born babies and the deaths of many others.

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The Willows, located in Kansas City, Missouri, was one of the better homes for unwed mothers.

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A fee of as much as $10,000 and in many cases much less, would guarantee delivery of a baby. It didn't matter who you were; no background checks were made and records were often falisfied.

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Over-crowding in orphanages in the east lead to the transport of hundreds of children to the midwest. Most never saw their parents again.

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You can read about these trains and the agencies who provided the young travelers who rode them, carrying few belongings and not knowing where they would end up.

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Registration Day (Reg Day) happens once each year; it's purpose is to encourage and support. Any birth family member or adoptee can register at ISRR.net for free.

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There are many search angels. Some work entirely for free, some work on a no find-no fee basis and others charge very reasonable rates. This page coming soon.

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