Category Archives: ChildrensHome

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life at the Lamoni Children’s Home “It was a momentous thing, the adopting of a new father and mother at the Home”!  This 1915 Saints’ Herald report gave us a good idea what a Day in the Life was like for the children with the arrival of Brother & Sister BriggsContinue reading “A Day in the Life”

More sources of names, the names of Children’s Home residents keep coming (Part 6)

The names of Lamoni Children’s Home residents have been found through a variety of ways.  Census (see last blog), 1. church publications, 2. newspapers, 3. cemeteries and 4. court records. Recreating a list of all children who spent time at the Home has become a goal. 1. Church publications: through the years several Reorganized LatterContinue reading “More sources of names, the names of Children’s Home residents keep coming (Part 6)”

Lamoni Children’s Home as Recorded in the Census

Thanks for joining me again as we explore the next chapter of research about the Children’s Home in Lamoni, Iowa.  When I started seeking information about my biological grandfather’s stay at the Home, I had no idea I would learn so much, so quickly.  After each post I have received messages from readers that haveContinue reading “Lamoni Children’s Home as Recorded in the Census”