Are you related to a Home Child?

[Soltown]

If so its not too late to submit your child's story for an anthology to be published later this year,

Do you have a story to tell about your Home Child?

An Special Edition Anthology IV Book, to be published later this summer by Canadian Stories magazine, is a great opportunity for us to tell our stories and have them grouped together in one book, to acknowledge and honour our Home Children, and a wonderful keepsake and resource for 2010 Year of the British Home Child.

There is no limit for the length of your story and no deadline given yet.

You can include picture(s) which will be printed in black and white for the Anthology.

Please let me know if you are interested and I will give you the email addresses of those organizing it

George

[purvis64]

George,

My Great grandmother was a home child.  Could I get the details?

many thanks
Margaret

[Lydart]

(George won't be able to send you a PM, or vice versa, until you've made three postings ... so do one more, and you're there !)

[purvis64]

Thanks for that info Lydart.

I really want to work on this brick wall in my tree.  My great grandmother was born June 1900 and was 11 when she went to Canada.  I know nothing of her life in the UK.  I want some of her story told.....

Magraret

[Lydart]

Do you know whereabouts in the UK she came from before she was sent to Canada ?? 

You've told us she was born June 1900 ... what was her name ... she should be on the 1901 and even the 1911 census ...

[J.J.]

Actually. Lydart, although the beginners info always said 3 posting until we are able to p.m., it's actually only 2...
I've been telling people the same thing for ages as well...

purvis64/Magraret, welcome to rootschat.  In the future, it is best to start one's own thread by simply choosing the appropriate board and hitting "new topic". Only one  thread per subject, if you can, please...Here is the beginner's board to peruse as well... http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,287.0.html. So go ahead and start a new topic with the name in the subject line "forename, surname, home child", and we'll get started on it. We can add a link from this thread as well...

Soltown, the subject line is most important and you have lots of title, but not the usual term we might use on here.....Are you related to a Home Child ? o r something that at least mentions home child should get rootschatters to notice it. Just hit the modify button at the top of your thread to do this. ( don't use home children to Canada as that is used twice)

[jmcgill]

I’m not descended from a home child, however, on the 1911 census there are two home children from England listed as living with my mother’s family on their farm in Ontario.

[Soltown]

I need to make anyone who is thinking of submitting aware, that the anthology at the moment will sadly only be available to Canadian residents, but non-canadians can send stories, but at this point in time will not be able to buy a copy of the anthology once published but please do not let that put you off sending it in

George

[Soltown]

ignore my last message, just been told the editor is working to get it on sale to international residents

George