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In 1870, Dr. Barnardo opened his first home for children in London
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A site for listing the names of the individual British Home Children.
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British Home Children in Canada
Site published and maintained by the British Home Children Advocacy & Research Association.
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Catholic Child Welfare Council (1929 - 2003)
The Catholic Child Welfare Council was founded in 1929 in Britain.
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Over 130,000 children had been deported from Britain and shipped off to a new life in distant parts of the Empire. This long history of compulsory migration ended in 1967 when post-war child migration drew to a close. The Trust provides a highly professional, specialised service, reuniting Britain
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A book by Margaret Humphreys.
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Golden Bridge: Young Immigrants to Canada, 1833-1939
A book by Marjorie Kohli.
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Resources for searching Home Children in Canada.
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Labouring Children: British Immigrant Apprentices to Canada, 1869-1924
A book by Joy Parr.
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Library and Archives Canada / Biblioth
Between 1869 and the early 1930s, over 100,000 children were sent to Canada from Great Britain during the child emigration movement. Members of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa are locating and indexing the names of these Home Children found in passenger lists in the custody of the Library and Archives Canada.
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List of Girls in Miss Rye's Peckham Homes 1881
Search for ancestors in a list of orphaned and impoverished Home Children.
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Loyal True Blue Orphanage, Hallowell Ontario 1901
Prince Edward County, Ontario. Search for ancestors in list of orphans in Loyal True Blue Orphanage near Picton, in Hallowell Township.
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Nation Builders: Barnardo Children in Canada
A book by Gail H. Corbett.
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Neither Waif Nor Stray: The Search For A Stolen Identity
A book by Perry Snow.
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Scotland. Originally Orphan Homes of Scotland located at Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire.
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For assistance in tracking relatives cared for by Quarriers in the past, including those who went to Canada.
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The museum resides in three canal-side warehouses in Copperfield Road, East London. These buildings were previously used by Dr Barnardo to house the largest ragged school in London.
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The Little Immigrants: The Orphans Who Came to Canada
A book by Kenneth Bagnell.
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William Quarrier Home Children Association
An association of Scottish home children and their families.
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