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Hi! I have found out the names of the maternity homes in the Richmond area.
Seton House which was a catholic run home, Evangeline which was run in part by the salvation army, and Brookfield Maternity home, where the babies were born IN the home. Since my info says I was born IN the home, and I know I wasn't adopted thru catholic charities, I have narrowed it down to Brookfield. This home is located in the suburbs of Richmond in a town called Glen Allen. For anyone interested, the home still is in operation, however, not as a maternity home- but it is now a home for at risk girls. I called and spoke with a lady there and she told me all the files were either trashed or destroyed in a fire.. but babies were born in the actual building where her office is. It struck me in a strange way to know that I was talking to a woman that was standing right were I might have been born... I've never had that feeling.
Anyway-Is there anyone out there that was in Brookfield Maternity home the summer of 1967? If you were there, you probably knew my birthmother... any info you can share would be great!:flower:
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Hi! I have found out the names of the maternity homes in the Richmond area.
Seton House which was a catholic run home, Evangeline which was run in part by the salvation army, and Brookfield Maternity home, where the babies were born IN the home. Since my info says I was born IN the home, and I know I wasn't adopted thru catholic charities, I have narrowed it down to Brookfield. This home is located in the suburbs of Richmond in a town called Glen Allen. For anyone interested, the home still is in operation, however, not as a maternity home- but it is now a home for at risk girls. I called and spoke with a lady there and she told me all the files were either trashed or destroyed in a fire.. but babies were born in the actual building where her office is. It struck me in a strange way to know that I was talking to a woman that was standing right were I might have been born... I've never had that feeling.
Anyway-Is there anyone out there that was in Brookfield Maternity home the summer of 1967? If you were there, you probably knew my birthmother... any info you can share would be great!:flower:
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MontanaDream
Hi! I have found out the names of the maternity homes in the Richmond area.
Seton House which was a catholic run home, Evangeline which was run in part by the salvation army, and Brookfield Maternity home, where the babies were born IN the home. Since my info says I was born IN the home, and I know I wasn't adopted thru catholic charities, I have narrowed it down to Brookfield. This home is located in the suburbs of Richmond in a town called Glen Allen. For anyone interested, the home still is in operation, however, not as a maternity home- but it is now a home for at risk girls. I called and spoke with a lady there and she told me all the files were either trashed or destroyed in a fire.. but babies were born in the actual building where her office is. It struck me in a strange way to know that I was talking to a woman that was standing right were I might have been born... I've never had that feeling.
Anyway-Is there anyone out there that was in Brookfield Maternity home the summer of 1967? If you were there, you probably knew my birthmother... any info you can share would be great!:flower:
MontanaDream
Hi! I have found out the names of the maternity homes in the Richmond area.
Seton House which was a catholic run home, Evangeline which was run in part by the salvation army, and Brookfield Maternity home, where the babies were born IN the home. Since my info says I was born IN the home, and I know I wasn't adopted thru catholic charities, I have narrowed it down to Brookfield. This home is located in the suburbs of Richmond in a town called Glen Allen. For anyone interested, the home still is in operation, however, not as a maternity home- but it is now a home for at risk girls. I called and spoke with a lady there and she told me all the files were either trashed or destroyed in a fire.. but babies were born in the actual building where her office is. It struck me in a strange way to know that I was talking to a woman that was standing right were I might have been born... I've never had that feeling.
Anyway-Is there anyone out there that was in Brookfield Maternity home the summer of 1967? If you were there, you probably knew my birthmother... any info you can share would be great!:flower:
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I was born and adopted in Richmond in July 1964. Looking for birth mother. It's a shot in the dark, but could we be related?My mother was sent to Virginia and had a son I would have to say it was in 1964-1965. She has said that we would not be able to find him because all the files were destroyed in a fire. I wonder if it is the same place.[/quote]