Salvation Army and Booth Maternity Homes

The Salvation Army has a missing persons division in each of four territorial regions. Their national headquarters for maternity home records information is at the Georgia address below. The website it: http://salvationarmy-usaeast.org/find/booth_babies.htm

Eastern Territory Headquarters for CT, DE, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VT, RI
—120 West 14th St., New York City, NY 10011;

Central Territory Headquarters for IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI
—2258 Clyborne St., Chicago, IL 60614;

Southern Territory Headquarters for AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, DC, WV
—1424 NE Expressway, Atlanta, GA 30329;

Western Territory Headquarters for AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY
—2780 Lomita Blvd., Torrance, CA 90505.

Your inquiry should be for a “close relative,” such as “mother,” but not “birthmother,” because the Salvation Army operated homes for unwed mothers, and it is their policy to maintain confidentiality for these women even though being reunited with offspring was never offered to any birthmother as an option. (2) The Salvation Army reserves the right to accept or reject any request for search assistance based on reasonableness, feasibility, or notice. (3) The inquirer is asked to forward a non-refundable donation (4) The inquirer may obtain information or an inquiry form by contacting the nearest territorial headquarters address listed above.

The link http://www.salvationarmy-usaeast.org/find/booth_babies.cfm will be able to help you if you are looking for medical records from a Booth Maternity Home or hospital from on the following locations:

• Boston, MA
• Flushing (Queens), NY
• Buffalo, NY
• Jersey City, NJ
• Philadelphia, PA
• Cleveland, OH
• Cincinnati, OH

Once you fill out the form on this page you will receive a release document in the mail that will need to be filled in, signed, and notarized before your records can be mailed to you.

The records will only be released to the natural mother or the child. They will not accept their party requests.

If you are interested in records from a maternity home or hospital in a location other than the North Eastern US you may contact Lauren Hudson, Booth Maternity Homes Client Aid at 845-620-7482, Monday – Friday 8:30AM-4:00PM EST.

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