Need help finding foster records 1914? in Ohio. Harcha, Avis?

Question

After research on my great grandmother, Avis Harcha, I learned she was a foster child to a couple named John and Minnie Jewett . She was born in 1914. She was apparently German. Not sure why she was a foster child. There were many ppl in Ohio where she lived- in Portsmouth with same surname as her, "harcha". that came from Germany- Oberursel, or Hessen-Nassau. Possible they were related to her...is there any way I can find foster records, to find out her parents. She was a german girl in WWI time, so I believe her foster parents told ppl she was dutch...Idk if she may have been jewish? any help?

Answer 1

I would say call or go to the courthouse of the county in which she grew up.  She should have had to take the Oath of Citizenship and there would be a record.

Avis M Harcha

[Avia M Harsha]  

Home in 1920: Bearfield, Perry, Ohio

Age: 7 years  

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1913

Birthplace: Ohio

Relation to Head of House: Daughter  

Father's Name: John

Father's Birth Place: United States of America  

Mother's Name: Minnie F

Mother's Birth Place: United States of America  

Marital Status: Single  

Race: White

s*x: Female

Image: 408  

Neighbors: View others on page  

Household Members: Name Age

John Jewett 31  

Minnie F Jewett 25  

John F Jewett 6  

Kenneth J Jewett 4 3/12  

Helena I Jewett 1 9/12  

Avis M Harcha 7  

Ray Gordon 19  



  

Answer 2

Have you approached the County Clerk's office, or whoever records such information?  Custody may have been awarded by a court of record.