Glad to have helped. One more thing, the Protestant Orphanage would not take kids under a certain age and only took girls. If I remember right it was 3 or so per my Great Aunt, because her sister was a baby in diapers and they did have her (my aunts sister) live with a family until then. The child had to have been potty trained. If they weren't they went with a family who could take them. Remember also (per my great aunt) women were like slaves and could not work and make money. They were usually servants in a household doing work. I have a radio program my great aunt said over the Nashville Radio regarding that orphanage back in either 1929 or 1939. I gave the original to the Nashville Library, but did keep a copy. If you want a copy, email me your address and I'll send a copy to you. I have searched for records of the Protestant Orphanage and have never found any records of it on the internet at all. I don't know what census' you're looking at, but Heritagequest can be looked up from your home for free if your local library is set up for it. You type in your library card number and can look at all kinds of census' and information from home and they have the kids' names in the orphanage on theirs in 1910. looks like your ggrandma was 'adopted out' in foster care instead of officially adopted. I don't think they had the word foster care then so used the words 'adopted out' instead. I do know also per my aunt. (I hate to keep on going here) That sometimes, parents would let the girls go to the orphanage because they were able to go to school up to the 10th grade and get and education which helped them get a job. That's what my Great Aunt's family did with her instead of having her be a servant in a household. The boys went to the Tennessee Industrial School in Nashville and learned a trade. I heard per my Great Uncle, the Tennessee Industrial School was not a good place to go. They were pretty mean to the boys there. But, they did learn a trade or skill. One was putting enamal plating on things like dishware etc. So much for the info............ Gayle