Tag Archives: Home Children

BIFHSGO creates Ontario Home Child photo database

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Gail Dever

Early this morning, the British Isles Family History Society (BIFHSGO) launched the Father Hudson’s Photos database, containing 146 photos of homeless English children who were brought to Ontario between 1908 and 1936. Fr. Hudson, who was a parish priest in … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème – February 15, 2020

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Halifax Municipal Archives: Remembering Africville Source Guide by Elena Cremonese on Local History (Halifax Public Libraries). Genealogy Tip: 1842 Canadian Census Returns by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy. Deciphering … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 14, 2019

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsA New Home Children Research database from BIFHSGO by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. New York Public Library’s Top 10 Best Kept Online Secrets by Rhonda Evans on New York … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 20, 2019

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives DHCP Funded Project, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies DCHP Funded Project and Library and Archives Canada Departmental Plan 2019-2020 by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Know … Continue reading →

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New logo for British Home Children Advocacy and Research Association

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Gail Dever

The British Home Children Advocacy and Research Association released their new logo yesterday. Designed by Mikey Afluente and association member Lisa Murray, the logo was designed to show the grass roots of the British home children leaving Britain and coming … Continue reading →

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History of Eastern Townships featured in Sherbrooke Record series

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Gail Dever

On the Eastern Townships Resource Centre’s website, the Archives department has posted a fascinating series of Sherbrooke Record articles and photos about the history of the region. There are more than 70 articles that the newspaper published between 2011 and 2013 and … Continue reading →

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