Click on the broken link graphic and fill in the form
-
In 1870, Dr. Barnardo opened his first home for children in London
-
British Home Children - Veterans Affairs Canada
Between 1869 and 1948, over 100,000 children arrived in Canada from Great Britain as part of the British Child Emigration Movement.
-
British Home Children Advocacy & Research Association
A Canadian Not-for-Profit organization that strives to catalog Home Child information and Home Children stories, to reconnect families unjustly torn apart by these migrant programs, and to promote the story of the Home Children across the world. It is the first organization to use social media to promote the story of our Home Children with unprecedented and unparalleled success.
-
British Home Children in Canada
Site published and maintained by the British Home Children Advocacy & Research Association.
-
Catholic Child Welfare Council (1929 - 2003)
The Catholic Child Welfare Council was founded in 1929 in Britain.
-
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
-
A book by Margaret Humphreys.
-
Golden Bridge: Young Immigrants to Canada, 1833-1939
A book by Marjorie Kohli.
-
Resources for searching Home Children in Canada.
-
Labouring Children: British Immigrant Apprentices to Canada, 1869-1924
A book by Joy Parr.
-
Library and Archives Canada - Home Children, 1869-1932
Between 1869 and 1932, over 100,000 children were sent from Britain to Canada through assisted juvenile emigration. These migrants are called “home children” because most went from an emigration agency's home for children in Britain to its Canadian receiving home. The children were placed with families in rural Canada.
-
List of Girls in Miss Rye's Peckham Homes 1881
Search for ancestors in a list of orphaned and impoverished Home Children.
-
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.
-
Nation Builders: Barnardo Children in Canada
A book by Gail H. Corbett.
-
Neither Waif Nor Stray: The Search For A Stolen Identity
A book by Perry Snow.
-
Scotland. Originally Orphan Homes of Scotland located at Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire.
