Tag Archives: British Home Children

Virtual British Home Children cemetery contains 12,000+ memorials

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Gail Dever

Researchers and members of British Home Children Canada have contributed to a virtual cemetery on Find A Grave, and as of yesterday, there were more than 12,000 memorials, which is quite an achievement. From 1869 to 1939, more than 100,000 … Continue reading →

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New videos on Allen County Public Library’s YouTube channel

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Gail Dever

There are three new genealogy videos on Allen County Public Library’s YouTube channel that may help you with your research, including one about British Home Children. There is a handout for each one that you’ll find in the video description. … Continue reading →

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Canadian Armed Forces looking for relatives of British Home Children who went missing while serving in military during WWI

Posted on September 28, 2025 by Gail Dever

Today is British Home Child Day in Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces are looking for the relatives of four servicemen who were British Home Children and who went missing during the First World War. Between 1869 and the 1940s, … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 26, 2025

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsThursday Tidbits: MyHeritage  Adds Canada, Home Children Immigration Index, 1869-1932 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Klondike Gold Rush: Stories Behind the Search for Gold by Tianyi Fei on University … Continue reading →

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New British Home Children records on Findmypast

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Gail Dever

Findmypast has added three new sets to its British Home Children collection to help trace the migrations of 130,000 British children in the 19th and 20th centuries. Boarded-out Children and Home Children sent to CanadaThese records document children who were placed … Continue reading →

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New book from Global Genealogy about three sisters who were British Home Children in Canada

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Gail Dever

Global Genealogy has published a new book, British Home Children to Canada — Three Sisters from Kensington and Chelsea Union, by Gloria Tubman who lives in Ottawa, Ontario. The author’s research into the story of her grandmother Annie Bond Hodgins’ life … Continue reading →

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One of Amazon’s bestsellers is a new book about Canada’s British Home Children

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Gail Dever

Lori Oschefski’s new book, Orphans of the Living: British Home Children in Canada, launched only a few days ago, has already become Amazon’s top seller in the 19th and 20th Century Canadian History categories. The 363-page book is available on … Continue reading →

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Findmypast commemorates British Home Child Day with more than 2,000 new records

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Gail Dever

Yesterday was British Home Child Day in Canada, so it was timely that Findmypast announced on Friday that it had added three new Home Children record sets to its existing collection. With emigration reports, lodgings registers and newspaper cuttings, there … Continue reading →

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More British Home Children records now available and free to access on Findmypast

Posted on June 30, 2024 by Gail Dever

This week, Findmypast has added three British Home Children record sets to its collection. In partnership with Home Children Canada and Library and Archives Canada, Findmypast is publishing an ever-growing collection of Home Children records. If you have a Home … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 11, 2024

Posted on May 11, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsDocumenting Loyalists in the Family Tree: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 U.S. Resources and Part 4 Canadian Resources by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree. Discovering my … Continue reading →

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