LOOKING FOR ANY AND ALL INFORMATION REGARDING MOTHERS AND CHILDREN WHO WERE CONNECTED IN ANY WAY TO THE FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME FOR UNWED MOTHERS.DURING HE LATE 50'S EARLY60'S

I was born there in 1953

I was born there in 1957 - not to an unwed mother, and not given up for adoption...

Hello,
If you are still seeking info about this, you may be interested to know that Crittenton Hospital is a large general hospital in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. It is now located in Rochester, Michigan, a northeast suburb of Detroit, but the original location was in the inner city.
The Home for Unwed Mothers was just a part of the institution. I also was born there, but back in the 1930's. My parents were legally married. Our family doctor worked out of that hospital. My mother said that the young pregnant women worked around the hospital, doing cleaning and other jobs; she saw them while she was there for her Cesearean operation. I think if you contact the hospital, they might be able to give you some leads to the info you want.

I, too, am wondering if anyone has been successful in getting info regarding their birth parent from the 1950's files from Florence Crittenton in Detroit. Also, does anyone know if an unwed mother had to give proof of her identity there? How easy would it have been for a woman to go in under a false name in the 1950's? I'm hoping not easy. Please help!

back in 1979, i wrote to florence crittenton hospital and asked, under the freedom of information act of 1967 and 1974 to be sent the medical records for my mother. due to a fluke, my actual birth mother's name was included on my 'real' birth certificate which i accessed after my adoptive mother's death. for the record i was born in february of 1958 at the hospital and adopted at 4 days old. remember this was prior the advent of computers, identity theft, etc. i called the hospital from los angeles and asked where to send the written request. i have to admit, i pretended to be my mother, the person's whose name was on that birth certificate. my ruse was that i now had cancer and i was routinely requesting my medical records for each and every hospital stay. i simply typed a letter and signed it as her with my address and within a week, i received those hospital records that included my grandparents names. i thought about it for all of 5 minutes, called information for detroit and called about 3 persons with my grandfather's name before i finally reached my grandmother. i had an elaborate story about an inheritance for her daughter and need to contact her. i was a young actress in l.a. at the time and i had no problem pretending. you know what? my grandmother gave me my mother's phone number without hesitation. that was indeed a harder call to make, but i made it and the rest is history quite unlike what you see in the movies. by the way, my grandmother told me she knew who i was as soon as she heard my voice. she always hoped i would find her someday. i have only told a couple of my family members this story and it's been years. i don't know how much i've helped anyone here, but i encourage you to go for it and find out who you are using every investigative means at your disposal. good luck!

A boy, born in 1969 at Florence Crittenton Detroit. Looking for birth parents.