For a very comprehesive site on how to obtain post adoption services in Saskatchewan, please see this site...What do post adoption services include and who may obtain them? Saskatchewan Social Services Programs and Services Family and Youth Services.
Birth Certificates can be ordered from Department of Vital Statistics...
Birth Certificates
Orange Home, was located in Indian Head Yorkton Gen Web Region. St. Patrick's Orphanage located in Prince Albert Prince Albert Gen Web Region, however there was a fire in 1948. Timber Bay Children's Home in Saskatchewan started by the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church cared for first nations children during the school term.
Many home Children were sent to Canada from England in the early 1900s. Please see Saskatchewan Ethnic Cultural Network _ English Saskatchewan for more information.
If you know the ethnic heritage you may wish to locate a local history / family biography book in the appropriate region of Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Ethnic Cultural Network is now online to help researchers determine where various ethnic cultural groups settled in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
If the surname is known, directories such as Henderson's directories, school yearbooks, voting lists and the online Sask Telephone listing may be of help in your search. The Saskatchewan Genealogy Society has compiled a Saskatchewan Residents Index (SRI) which may also help to locate the family.
Homestead, Military, or LDS records may also help in your search in Saskatchewan.
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