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.yks.general/15636/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 either shipped out or flown out of the United Kingdom and Ireland. This "child migrant scheme" went on from 1860 to 1970 - about 100 years. Perhaps 150,000 unwanted or needy children were sent out to the Colonies. Over 100,000 of them were shipped to Canada between 1860 and 1940. From ~1900 to 1970, thousands more were sent to Australia, New Zealand, Africa, South Africa, Malta, etc. http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/UK/CHILD-MIGRANTS-UK.html My LEWIS / CORKILL great-grandparents were born in Liverpool, Lancashire ~1860. In 1874, they and their siblings were shipped to Canada. They all went to different families in Nova Scotia; 2 young boys were 5 and 3. In Canada, all the children became known as "British Home Children." I joined the BHC List about 7 years ago and I've been active on it ever since. There is important information on the "child migrant scheme" in the archives of that List. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) (on Lists for almost 9 yrs.; now an Admin for 9 Lists, including CAN-USA-Migrantion 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.