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Library of Virginia 2002 Jim Greve Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Holy Innocents Foundling Asylum (Richmond, Va.) Records, 1888-1912 33477, 33478 Miscellaneous microfilm reels 1085-1086. 2 reels of microfilm. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Holy Innocents Foundling Asylum (Richmond, Va.). [cite specific record used and dates]. Accession [cite specific accession number used]. Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

 Acquisition Information

Both accessions lent for microfilming by David Hopkins, St. Peter's Catholic Church, 800 East Grace Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23219, 17 August 1988.

 Biographical/Historical Information

St. Francis Colored Foundling and Orphan Asylum, Richmond, Virginia, was founded in 1893, and was supported by voluntary contributions. The name was later changed to Holy Innocents Foundling Asylum.

 Scope and Content Information

Accession 33477 (Miscellaneous reel 1085) consists of two volumes. The first volume, 1894-1897, shows orphan's name, date of birth, parents' names (if known), by whom the orphan was sent, and baptismal information. The second volume, 1888-1906, includes index, chronological list of deaths, orphan's name, place and date of birth, color, sex, parents' names, date orphan was admitted, and reason.

Accession 33478 (Miscellaneous reel 1086) includes a third volume, 1906-1912, containing an index, chronological list of deaths, orphan's name, place and date of birth, color, sex, parents' names, date orphan was admitted, and reason.

 Arrangement

Organized into 3 volumes on two reels of microfilm: Volumes I and II contain St. Francis Colored Foundling and Orphan Asylum records, 1888-1906, and volume III contains Holy Innocents Foundling Asylum records, 1906-1912.

 Note

Miscellaneous reel 1085 also contains the Catholic Mission of St. Francis of Assisi (Sussex County, Va.) records, 1907-1912.