Findmypast adds free British Home Children collection
Family history website Findmypast (findmypast.co.uk) has announced a new collection of nearly 39,000 records of the ‘Home Children’ who were sent from Britain to Canada.
Between 1869 and 1948 roughly 100,000 children were sent from Britain to Canada by charitable organisations. About 12 per cent were orphans, while others had living parents but came from children's homes, workhouses or impoverished families. Some found loving homes, but many were victims of abuse or exploitation. An estimated four million Canadians today are descended from former Home Children.
Findmypast has launched the new collection, available at , in partnership with organisations including The National Archives at Kew, the British Library, Library and Archives Canada and the charity Home Children Canada.
