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Barnardo's

In 1870, Dr. Barnardo opened his first home for children in London

British Home Child Group International

To provide free research, genealogical tips and reunite families of British Home Children world-wide.

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

British Home Children in Canada

Site published and maintained by the British Home Children Advocacy & Research Association.

British Home Children Registry

From 1869 through to 1939 (1948 to British Columbia) it has been estimated over 100,000 children were emigrated from the United Kingdom to Canada to be used as indentured farm workers and domestic servants. Believed by Canadians to be orphans, only two percent truly were. These children were sent to Canada by over 50 organizations including the well-known and still working charities such as Barnardo's and Quarrier's.

CBERSS - Personal History Index (PHIND)

Computerised index detailing the location of records held in Australia for former child migrants to Catholic Homes between 1938 and 1965.

Child Migrants from the United Kingdom

Child Migrants Information

From the UK Department of Health.

Child Migrants to Australia

There will be a list of child migrants names, age's and date when trafficked and to which institution sent.

Child Migrants Trust

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

Empty Cradles

A book by Margaret Humphreys.

Findmypast - Canada, Home Children Immigration Records Index, 1869-1930 $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Golden Bridge: Young Immigrants to Canada, 1833-1939

A book by Marjorie Kohli.

Home Children Canada (Pacific)

Organization to help Home Children and their descendants to discover their past.

Home Children in Canada

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

Between 1869 and the late 1930s, over 100,000 juvenile migrants were sent to Canada from the British Isles during the child emigration movement.

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.