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Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 5 Send Message	Thomas	Report	4 Nov 2008 15:24
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 5 Send Message	I have been trying to find the name and location of the childrens home that my late mother was placed in when she was two years old. I have contacted all the usual childrens sociteties and searched the records of the main childrens home in the district in which she lived at the time (Islington,London) without success. My mother, Margaret Popplewell, was born in 1909 and was placed in the home 1911/1912.I have looked at the index of the records of the Islington Board of Guardians but there does not appear to be a record of children placed in homes other than the one I've mentioned. Please if there is anyone out there with any information that could help me or tips on how to procede I would be most grateful.
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 394 Send Message	juma	Report	4 Nov 2008 18:40
	Try ringing the London Metropolitan Archives. They are so helpful.
Member Since: October 2008 Posts: 2 Send Message	Jean Elizabeth	Report	7 Nov 2008 21:07
Member Since: October 2008 Posts: 2 Send Message	National Children's Home and Orphanage found mine in Harpenden Look on net for NCH&O