Moskaleva Y. References for studying of child placelessness and homelessness in the South of Ukraine (in the 1760's - early XX century).

The state of scientific study of the problem, the representation of sources on custody and guardianship of children in the archives of Ukraine. The classification of the worked sources, methodological bases of their processing, informative potential is presented, the problems of processing and further prospects are pointed out. The body of legislative acts and act sources is analysed, features of documents of office-work and statistical sources are opened, the detailed analysis of periodicals and sources of a personal origin is presented. The representativeness of the updated source base on the problems of children's homelessness and neglect in the South of Ukraine is noted. It is proved that the updated source base is representative, and the information extracted during its analysis is unique.