This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bbffrrpp Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.dor.general/6236/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I'd like to mention that I have just started up a new List. It is for discussing all the "child migrants" which were shipped out or flown out of the United Kingdom and Ireland. This "child migrant scheme" went on from 1860 to 1970 - about 100 years. From 1860 to 1940 "over 100,000" of the unwanted or needy children were sent to Canada. From ~1900 to 1970 they were also sent to Australia, New Zealand, Africa, South Africa, Malta, etc. http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/UK/CHILD-MIGRANTS-UK.html In Canada, this is "2010, the Year of the British Home Child." And, my LEWIS / CORKILL great-grandparents were some of those "home children." They were born in Liverpool, Lancashire, ~1860 and were shipped to Nova Scotia in 1874. I have been on the BHC List for 7 years. If anyone would like further information, I can post it on another day. Or, you can check the archives of the BHC List for important information. Or, you can search on-line for "former child migrants." Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) (on Lists for almost 9 yrs.; now an Admin for 9 Lists, including CAN-USA-Migration and CORKILL) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.