Reach them here for sacramental records, school transcripts, and other needs.
The National Archives website will get you started.
From the City of Boston we found this history of Boston City Hospital from its establishment in 1858.
From Click Americana we found this page of pictures of maternity wear from the 1930s and 1940s.
Eileen's obit was posted on the website Wicked Local Plymouth.
From the Gloucester Daily Times, February 2014, it includes details about Charles' East Boston life not included in the book.
From the City of Boston's archives we found the “Guide to the Temporary Home for Women and Children records.,” which details where Little Mister Victory was sent on 8/15/45 after his time at Joy Street Station.
Featuring some great photos and a lot of personal memories this page, from NorthEndWaterfront.com tell the story of the church where Little Mister Victory was Baptized and named Robert Harrington.
This New York Times article details the grim lives awaiting orphans before reforms were enacted, thanks in part to men like Reverend Brace.
The study which determined Augusta's death was likely due to an early strain of the Influenza was from the Elsevier Public Health Emergency Collection, April 2020 .
LONG before somebody coined the term "Massachusetts Miracle, Transitron was a leader in the design and manufacture of transistors in 1950s. Employees from the Melrose location, (on Grove Street, right across from Garvey's Restaurant) helped make an early success of John and Dorothy's place.
The National Foster Parent Association website is a good start.
Department of Children and Families (DCF) offers services to adoptive parents.. Look on line for resources in your state.
The website explains their mission is to provide resources and education for all people and organizations in the adoption world
Their website covers both domestic (U.S.) and international adoption with lots of information to help prospective adoptive parents through what can be a long complicated process
Mistakes happen, and we are grateful to have them pointed out (honestly, we are) so we can correct them in future editions. If you spot something which needs our attention please do not hesitate to email.
The following came from Nancy, who tells us she "teaches Forensic Science, worked in a Toxicology lab and was a police detective before retiring. The DNA info is tattooed on my brain. lol " Here is what she wrote (and yes, I left in the compliment because I feel badly about missing these in proofing.)
Just finished reading Little Mister Victory and I loved it. I did notice a couple things that need to be looked at about the DNA info. I teach Forensic Science, worked in a Toxicology lab and was a police detective before retiring. The DNA info is tattooed on my brain. lol On page 82, Rosalind (Wilson) last name is incorrect. Her last name is Franklin. She did co-author a paper with H.R. Wilson in 1953. Also, further down adenine pairs with thymine not cytosine. A-T and cytosine pairs with guanine. C-G.
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