Birmingham City
Archives (archives@birmingham.gov.uk):
Holds the archives for Middlemore Homes and Workhouse records.
Bristol Home Children (http://www.bafhs.org.uk/shirley/index.htm):
Includes information on the Bristol Emigration Society, who the
children were and a database for those Bristol children who emigrated
to Canada from 1871 through to 1912.
British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (http://www.bifhsgo.ca/home_children_emigration_scheme.htm):
Tracing and Sharing British Isles Family History: The purpose of
this society is to encourage and facilitate research and its
publication by people with ancestry in England, Ireland, Scotland,
Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Among the British Home
Children information found on this page is the Middlemore Database.
Cyndi's List: Home Children (http://www.cyndislist.com/gencan.htm):
Chose "Home Children" from the Category Index on the top to find links
for research.
Pier 21 (https://www.pier21.ca/):
Located in Halifax, NS, many arriving in Canada passed through this
building. By entering the key words 'home children' in the search box,
ten results are found. Searches can also be done with surnames and ship
names.
Workhouse (The) (http://www.workhouses.org.uk/):
Pages of information on workhouses, their rules and locations, the
staff and administration and those who found themselves at the mercy of
workhouses.
Young Immigrants to Canada (http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/homeadd.html):
A site dedicated to the research of all the organizations that brought
children and young women to Canada between 1833 and 1939. Many links to
help researchers.
Published in 1980
by Kids Can Press, “The Tin-lined Trunk” by Mary Hamilton is a
children's chapter book about a British Home Child who was sent to work
in Stratford, Ontario.