Re: Home Children to Canada

[Bill1]

My grandmother and her brother were both Home children. I also begrudged the idea of having to pay 55 pounds($100) for information from the Barnardo file. However between my siblings and my aunt we sent off the money. What we got back was more than we had ever hoped for; Included was a picture of both children taken upon admission, a physical description, a history of their like at Barnardos and when they were at work up to the age of 18, detailed reports from the supervisors on their progress. The picture of my grandmother was the first my aunt had ever seen of her mother at that age (She died when my mother and aunt were ages 7&8. It has a place of prominence in her living room. My aunt was overjoyed. We would never have been able to piece together this information. In hindsight it was the best money spent searching the family. I would guess that it took 5-10 hours to asemble, so they probably are losing money on it. regards
Bill1

[Romilly]

So pleased for you Bill1, that you had this successful outcome to your query.

Barnado's must have been more thorough than the NCH, - as I recieved no photos at all of my Great-Uncles:-(

And I still haven't managed to find out what ever became of them...

Best Wishes, Romilly.

[KarenM]

Hi Bill,

Thanks for sharing that information.  How wonderful to have a picture.

Karen

[dianne50]

Hi everyone.

I am new to this forum so hope I am doing this correct

I have an ancestor who was sent to Canada in 1895 via the Middlemore Homes Project , I later found him on the 1901 canadian census , after that he disappeared, however I found a website for the Prince Edward Island (where he was sent to) and he appears briefly in a family tree, therefore I know he married.

I am still hopeful that I will find more about him and of any descendants .

I don't know if any of you are aware but you can now access Middlemore homes childrens records, they were subject to a 100 year closure but that has now been reduced to 75 years. . If you google search Middlemore there are many links including a register which lists children sent to canada , date sent and what ship and their destination port

[cranstone]

Hi Bill

Glad you got lots of info. and were able to split the cost.  Getting the records has since gone up almost double and is now £100 per file.  Am glad you got photographs as it is great to see what people looked like isn't it.
Regards

[J.J.]

Hello, dianne50 and welcome to rootschat....
   If you would like to post a query regarding your home child....just start a new topic on the emigrants to Canada board... There is also a resource board which includes information on Home children and lists those mentioned on rootschat for others searching... look at the left of the page for the three Canada boards listed
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,166.0.html  J.J.

[J.A.M.]

Hello All,

I haven't gone through all 7 pages of posts to see if anyone has posted the following:

Go to the Canadian census site at

 automatedgenealogy.com

click on the 'site home' at the top left of the page & scroll half way down the page & you'll find British Home Children Linking.
This link has hundreds if not thousands of Home Children & their information. And it doesn't cost a cent.

Good hunting.

Roger

[trisha09]

HI, I HAVE BEEN READING SOME OF THE POST'S ON THIS SITE ,I DINT KNOW IF THIS IS HELPFUL TO ANYONE !!!

I HAVE ALWAYS TOLD ABOUT MY FATHERS UNCLE BEING SENT TO CANADA AS A CHILD ,HE WAS BORN IN LIVERPOOL AND HIS PARENTS DIED IN 1911  I  FOUND MY GRANDMOTHER IN A CHILDREN'S ORPHANAGE .ON FURTHER RESEARCH I HAVE COME ACROSS THE FOLLOWING
IF ANYONE WAS BORN IN THE NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND AND WAS CATHOLIC YOU  MAY BE ABLE TO GET   
 
                 THEIR RECORDS FOR FREE OR A DONATION

I AM NOW WAITING FOR A FULL COPY OF THIS FILE I SHOULD HAVE IT THIS WEEK AND ANY OTHER INFO ON OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS .
       THESE RECORDS ARE HELD BY THE NUGENT CARE

 YOU CAN ONLY REQUEST IN WRITING AS THE LADY ONLY WORKS ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS HER NAME IS                                      ~~~~~~~~-------------
          PAT MCEVOY  C/O NUGENT CARE   99 EDGE LANE LIVERPOOL L7 2PE  WHERE IT IS FORWARD ON TO HER 


GIVE HER ALL INFO THAT YOU HAVE [NAME  D.O.B. PLACE OF BIRTH PARENTS NAMES OTHER SIBLINGS AND ANYTHING YOU HAVE  PUT IT ALL IN A LETTER AND SHE WILL SEARCH FOR YOU DONT FORGET TO GIVE YOUR CONTACT INFO AND ANY E-MAIL IT MAY MAKE IT A BIT QUICKER FOR YOU SHE HAS SAID THAT THERE IS NO CHARGE BUT I COULD MAKE A DONATION TO NUGENT CARE HOPE IT HELPS ANYONE

[J.J.]

  Please read this for more information,  read whole story or scroll down for tips on how to request information)
and also refer to the Home children resource page, or feel free to start a new query if you require help finding
basic information such as year of entry. Make sure you are writing to the corrrect agency, or person by first researching all you can find on your own, and that you are contacting the correct agency.
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8052025.htm
http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/children/tracers.html