A Rootschat Database for British Home Children

[RoyLeigh]

Will sign out now, have other things to do besides trying to figure this site out.

[alanmack]

Well done RoyLeigh,
                            That'll do nicely. I'll process your comment in a few minutes and PM you when I've done.

alanmack

[madbusch]

I agree with Roy, doing 2 post seems pointless.   Post 1

[alanmack]

OK madbusch, you can stop there! I've been misinformed all these years.    You only need two, the Management tells me (today). The reason is one of security, to stop spambots posting.

alanmack

[RoyLeigh]

Alanmack, I do have more information on this plus more exact dates etc. As I am contact with the daughter of her brother plus the family of their daughter.

[alanmack]

Hi RoyLeigh,
                 If it is a great deal, i.e. greater than 500 characters, then a PM to me or KarenM is the better option. Bear in mind that the limit for the Notes is 25000 characters so War and Peace is, I'm afraid, out.  . From a personal perspective consider carefully what you include as families can prove surprisingly sensitive. 

Ooh! And remember not to include the names of living peopleplease in line with RootsChat policy.

Bring it on!!

alanmack

[patty_in_ms]

My grandmother and her sister were sent to Canada in 1914; their brother in 1909.  I've just added to the info on Victoria and Lily Woodgate and Bertie Abbott.

[alanmack]

Hi Patty,

            Welcome to RootsChat. Thank you for inputting some more records. Spookily, I was just transcribing Bertie Abbott among all those who travelled on the Corsican in 1909 (including my Great Uncle). So you've saved me some work. 

Added: Make one more post please Patty then I can talk to you by PM and you can converse with sharonmx5 to sort out the disagreement of dates !  Then I'll be able to update the records with what you added in the Readers Comments boxes.

alanmack
(data co-ordinator for the BHC database)

[mogwood]

Just to say a big thank you for setting up this database. 

I am fairly new to RootsChat and up to now have been browsing around getting a feel for how things work.  On the off-chance tonight I had a look at the British Home Children database to see if my rellie was listed - and she is!    I had previously found her in the orphanage, and believed that she went to Canada, but up to now have not been able to find any record of her travel, so that I could make that link - (though have been in contact with her family in Canada).  This isn't absolute - but it helps a lot in adding to the evidence.  I'm well chuffed 

Is there any way I can find out where she went on arrival in Canada in August 1901?  and which family she was placed with?, and whether she was placed alone or with others? 

Any pointers gratefully received

Mogwood