I am researching foundlings. I have found that some towns kept records on foundlings, the wetnurses they were consigned to, and the stipend the nurses were paid. Some such data exists in the LDS microfilmed records, but only in limited form. Were foundling records kept by churches, hospitals ...

There exist, and the LDS has filmed, some records regarding "proietti".

First, many birth records of foundlings, after the details of discovery in the wheel, name, and surname, have a phrase or paragraph dealing with the disposition of the foundling. This may simply say "arrangements were made ...