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as of 1897 the sending organizations were required to compose records for the children in the UK and once in Canada. Many of these records are now available to purchase.
Barnardo Home Records - they also hold Shaftsbury, Annie Macpherson, Mr. Merry and Louisa Birt records
Making Connections, Barnardo's, 140 Balaam Street, London, E13 8RD, England. or contact through e-mail:makingconnections@barnardos.org.uk Available to NOK
All inquirers will be charged an administrative/initial search fee of £25. The subsequent package fee will be £95 for Barnardo enquirers and £30 for Marchmont, Macpherson and Liverpool Sheltering Home.
Quarrier Home Records (note: The Canadian side of the records were accidentally burnt in Canada therefore they are not available)
Fees apply
Quarrier's Village, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, Scotland, PA11 3SX
e-mail: enquiriesquarriers.org.uk@quarriers.org.uk
https://www.quarriers.org.uk/
Available to NOK - note: records over 100 years old may be available to the general public - contact Quarriers to see if you qualify.
Fegan's -now part of Spurgeons Children’s Charity
Fee's apply
https://fegans.spurgeons.org/
Contact Form
160 St. James Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 2HE, England, Phone: Inside UK: 01892 538288
International: +44 (0)1892-538288
Catholic Records - Father Hudson, Crusade of Rescue
Saint Joseph's Home at Holtwhite Hill Enfield St. George's Home, Ottawa, Father Hudson, Crusade of Rescue
Catholic Children's Society in England
35 pounds for initial search, 20 - 75 pounds for additional information found http://www.cathchild.org.uk/
Contact them also at:
Father Hudson’s Caritas, St George’s House, Gerards Way, Coleshill, Birmingham
B46 3FG
enquiries@fatherhudsons.org.uk Phone: 01675 434000
Nugent Care
Helena.smart@liverpool.gov.uk susanh@nugentcare.org info@nugentcare.org
Central Office, 99 Edge Lane, Liverpool L7 2PE
tel: 0151 261 2000 fax: 0151 261 2001 e-mail: info@nugentcare.org minicom: 0151 260 4366
The Catholic Emigration Society
Records of the Catholic Emigration Society which gives details of Home Children, Father Berries Homes, St George’s Industrial School, Bishop Brown Memorial School, Liverpool Boys Refuge, St Anne’s Industrial School, The Clarence Reformatory Ship, Birkdale Farm Reformatory School, St Vincent Certified Orphanage/Industrial School, Our Lady’s Home for Homeless Babies and Leyfield School
Liverpool Record Office, Central Library & Archive, 3rd Floor, William Brown Street, Liverpool, England , L3 8EW
Telephone:0151 233 3069 Email:archives@liverpool.gov.uk
Elinor Close Records
Kings County Historical Society 27 Centennial Road, Hampton, NB Hampton, New Brunswick Canada
Church of England Children's Society - Waifs and Strays
Edward Rudolf House, Margery Street, London, WC1X 0J1,
Send inquries to: The Children's Society Records and Archive Centre,Block A, Floor 2, Tower Bridge Business Complex, 100 Clements Road, Bermondsey, London, SE16 4DG
Phone: 011-44-207-232-2966
Fax: 011-44-207-252-3902
Email: iew@childsoc.org.uk
Website: http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/
The Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec holds the Bampton's collection which contains information on the Gibbs Home and some of the children who came through. Please contact:
McGreer Hall - Bishop's University,
2600 College St., Sherbrooke, Québec J1M 1Z7
(819) 822-9600 ext. 2261 email: ETRC2@ubishops.ca
The National Children's Homes now Action for Children
Business Admin Support Officer Performance Improvement and Inclusion Division 3 The Boulevard Ascot Road Watford WD18 8AG http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/our-services/adoption-fostering-and-children-in-care/records-and-support NAC sent 129 children to Australia 45 pounds for the basic file and 125 pounds for a full file.
http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/our-services/adoption-fostering-and-children-in-care/records-and-support
NAC sent 129 children to Australia
45 pounds for the basic file and 125 pounds for a full file.
Middlemore Home
Birmingham Archives and Heritage Central Library Chamberlain Square Birmingham B3 3HQ Tel: 0121 303 4549 Email: archives.heritage@birmingham.gov.uk
Library and Archives Canada hold records for these children
Middlemore Atlantic Society on Facebook has information on these children
British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa hold extensive records on these children https://www.bifhsgo.ca/
Fairbridge Vancouver
For information and how to obtain records, please contact The The Fairbridge Society at: https://www.kingstrust.org.uk/about-us/research-policies-reports/fairbridge-society
Dakeyne Boys Farm
http://www.dakeynefarm.com/
Jenn who holds the records for these children can be contacted at: DakeyneFarm@gmail.com
Still building this section - more will be added at a later date
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Indexes currently available:
Home Children Inspection Reports 1913 - 1932
Lancashire, Liverpool, Children Sent To Canada 1883-1925
Home Children Burial Index (Home Children Canada Index)
Home Children Enlistments and Military Deaths (Home Children Canada Index)
Canada, Home Children Board Of Guardian Records
Britain, Children's Legislation Correspondence
Home Children Hazelbrae Barnardo Home Index, 1883 - 1923 (Home Children Canada Index)
Colonial Office, Emigration To Canada Enclosures To Reports
News-Cuttings Of Dr. Barnardo Image
The Maria Rye Index by Niagara Historical Society - David Hemmings
Narrative of Facts from Quarriers: 1872 - 1928
Barnardo's Ups and Down Magazine : Partial collection published by Home Children Canada 1895 - 1905, May 1910, May 1913 & May & August 1912 ? December 1915 , July 1939, December 1940 December 1942 and December 1946
Our Waifs and Strays by The Church of England
The War Cry by the Salvation Army - not many BHC are mentioned
The Red Lamp - Fegan's Newsletters - can be purchased through Global Geneology - many Vintage books on the BHC can also be purchsed here.
Home Children Canada Research Group (over 12,000 members) - Free research help and information available
Home Children Canada Page
Home Children Canada Quebec Association
British Home Child Book Club - run by Home Children Canada - aims to list all available books on the Home Children.
Reclaim our British Home Children - based in the UK
British Home Children......the Story from Britain - based in the UK
The Ontario East British Home Child Family - based in the Ottawa area
Child Migrants Australia (British Home Children) - based in Australia
British Home Children of Chatham Kent, Ontario, CA
Middlemore Descendants - based in Nova Scotia
British Home Children and Descendants Association (Nova Scotia)
British Home Child SIG Ontario Genealogical Society
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