VPRS 18074 Adoption Agency Name Index Cards to Adoptions, Church of Christ and Hartnett House

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The indexes were produced by adoption agencies to provide a record of adoptions arranged through the agencies. The indexes were received by the Social Welfare Department (VA 946) from the adoption agencies.

Unit 1 contains Church of Christ Adoption Agency indexes. One is an index (A-Z) by birth mother's name for babies born during the late 1960s through the early 1970s.

The second index (A-L) is by baby's birth name for babies born during the late 1960s through the early 1970s.

A third index is by birth mother's name for surnames beginning with the letter W for births during the late 1960s through the early 1970s.

Unit 2 contains Church of Christ Adoption Agency indexes. They are indexed by birth mother and adoptive parents. One is for surnames beginning A-G and the other for surnames beginning H-R. They contain adoptions information for the period 1920 through the early 1960s. This Unit includes adoption reference numbers.

Unit 3 contains two indexes. One is for Hartnett House. It is indexed by baby's surname. It includes the date of birth, the date of admission to the Home and the date of discharge from the Home. It covers the period from the 1960s through to the 1970s.

The smaller index is for the Church of Christ and is indexed by baby's surname. It includes the date of birth, the date of admission to the Home and the date of discharge from the Home. It covers the period from 1937 through to the 1970s, with the majority of cards being for births during the 1970s.