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→Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum
*Amalgamation with the [[Lawrence Military Asylum|Lawrence Asylum]] was considered from 1860. In April 1864 the land at Lovedale, near [[Ootacamund]], was selected for the combined institutions and new buildings were constructed. 220 boys from the MMMOA moved in September 1871 [http://books.google.com/books?id=luXS-8vTrJQC&pg=PA262 Limited View Google Books] ''The Nilgiris,Volume 1 of Madras district gazetteers'' by W Francis (1994) reprint of an earlier book, probably 1908.
*Another mention of the transfer to the Lawrence Asylum, Lovedale in September 1871 [http://books.google.com/books?id=PJAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA11-PA13 Google Books]
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2008-05/1209973186 post] indicates that records for the Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum for 1829-1833 were held by the [[Lawrence Military Asylum|Lawrence Asylum]] in 1892.This document may be viewed here , part of [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_picture&id=514&s_id=31 FIBIS Documents]
==Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum==
