My Grandmother was born in 1931 in Philadelphia, PA. Both of her parents died by the time she was 4 years old. She was left to the care of her grandparents who died some years later. She was then sent to an Orphanage in Rochester, NY. The only information my grandmother had given my mother was that my mother was named after on of the Nuns who cared for her. Through research, I believe that she resided at St. Patricks Girls Orphan Asylum that merged with three other orphanages in the 1930s.

I can not find a birth record for my grandmother. I am waiting for her birth certificate, but there was always a contraversy of what her real name was. We believe her real name was Eileen Patricia Keating. My grandmother always claimed that they screwed it up on her birth certificate. on my grandmothers death record it shows that her name is Patricia M. Carey (Carey being her marriage name). I am so confused.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me as to how to locate an orphan record?

F.Y.I: SHE WAS NOT ADOPTED AND WAS EMANCIPATED AT THE AGE OF 16.