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Home children in early 1900's

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Diane

Diane Report 29 Dec 2004 17:33

Please help I am going round in circles trying to get an idea of where to get information about children being sent abroad from a workhouse in Lewes. I have tried every page imagineable but still come up with zero. Help please Diane

Unknown

Unknown Report 29 Dec 2004 18:02

Diane Have you tried the National Archives Canada site? They have a section on there for Home Children Lou

George

George Report 29 Dec 2004 18:53

Have nudged a thread on the subject for you :~)

Louise

Louise Report 29 Dec 2004 22:19

have you tried www(.)hiddenlives(.)org(.)uk remove brackets regards louise

Neil

Neil Report 29 Dec 2004 23:15

Hi Diane Try www.barnardoes.org.uk There is information about children who were sent abroad, hope this is some help to you, but it can take them a while to get you any information, Good luck with your search Regards Neil

Diane

Diane Report 31 Dec 2004 21:17

Thanks everyone for your advice. I will try the various sites you mention, maybe something will turn up. Wish me luck. Happy new year to you all Regards Diane

Paul

Paul Report 1 Jan 2005 15:07

Hi Diane- if they went to Canada, then you could also try this link: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/