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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 167 Send Message	Julia	Report	25 Oct 2004 02:11
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 167 Send Message	Is there any way I can try to find the orphanage my grandad and his brother were placed in, preferrably online? I have very little information except that it was probably soon after 1910, and that although they were from the East End, they had family in Bath, and I've heard it said that they were placed in one there.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 15,575 Send Message	Guinevere	Report	25 Oct 2004 07:18
	Hi, There may be admissions books in the county record office. Nothing online as far as I know. Gwynne
	Researching: Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	25 Oct 2004 07:40
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Best plan of action is to contact the Social Work Dept in the area you think they may have been. They will then ask you to write in with your request and if they have the information they will release it to you
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 167 Send Message	Julia	Report	25 Oct 2004 21:55
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 167 Send Message	Thanks guys, I'll try that.