St. Louis House of Refuge,
July 1854 - January 1899


Index to "Journal of Commitments"


The St. Louis House of Refuge assisted families and children in the nineteenth century. The index provides the name of the child and the corresponding page number in the House of Refuge Journal of Commitments dating from July 1854 to January 1899. The original journal is available at Missouri Historical Society Library.

Society member Peggy Thomson Greenwood transcribed this information before it was printed in a series starting in the 1992 St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, volume 25, number 2, pages 46–49; number 3, pages 91–94; number 4, pages 121–124; volume 26, number 1, pages 19–22; number 2, pages 24–48; number 2, pages 81–84.

Please select from the following Surname pages:

A–B    C    D    E–G    H–J    K–L    M    N–R    S–T    U–Z