Orphanage Fact Sheet for Belmont County Children's HomeOrphanage Fact Sheet for
Belmont County Children's Home
Belmont County, Ohio
Dates of Operation: 1880 - 1981
Location of Records:
Children's Services Board
410 Fox Shannon Place
St. Clairsville, Ohio 43950
Location of the Registration Book:
The Registration Book has been microfilmed (no. Gr-3903) and can be found
at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, Ohio, and, at the Alden Library
on the Ohio University Campus at Athens, Ohio. The information contained
in the registration book are the names of the children, the dates and
places of birth, the names, dates and places of birth for the parents,
the date and circumstances that led to their admission and the date and
status of their release.
The information above has been generously donated to this website by Sandy Saboley. Sandy's mother and 3 of her mother's siblings were residents of this home from 1929-1931; to view pictures and read an article re a reunion at Belmont Co. Children's Home, click here, or visit "Orphan Genealogy on the Web: Honoring Orphans" in the Orphans' Computer Room and click on "Belmont County Children's Home".
