Hi Essex Listers Knowing the long sea-faring history of many Essex folk but also particularly that many Barnardo's children were sent to begin a new life in 'the new world' by Barnardo's and other children's agencies from Essex and north London, I thought that some of the sites mentioned in this very well informed reply that I had from Sue in Canada might be of interest. It gave me not only the sailing dates of the ship I was searching for, but the name of every passenger on board, with their ages, nationality, profession and destination. John Suffolk -----Original Message----- From: Sue Swiggum [mailto:swig@ns.sympatico.ca] Sent: 28 September 2008 22:11 To: John Barbrook; THESHIPSLIST@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TSL] Barnardo's Boys sent to Canada Hi John, Sure there is, you are in luck as there is also a "British Home Children" database. Reel # Ship Name Shipping Line Special Group(s) T-485 DOMINION (DOM) Dominion Line (J): Dr. Barnardo's party of boys from London for Toronto & Winnipeg (304) with J. Golden 28 & girls for Peterboro' (117) Mrs. Lloyd 38, Matron Departure Information Arrival Information Remarks Liverpool, England 1905-08-03 Quebec, Que. 1905-08-12 / Montreal, Que. Captain William L. Mendus; death at sea: American infant, Gordon Cable on 1905-08-11 (mother, Maggie 34) Canada online Passenger Lists http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/passenger/index-e.html HINT: click on the image to enlarge, then hit the back button on your browser to be able to advance forward to the next page or backward to the previous page Home Children (1869-1930) http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/index-e.html Marj Kohli is away right now, but she would advise that there are also Barnardo "after care" records available .... her webpages(s) http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/homeadd.html http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/children/Organizations/societies .html http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/children/Organizations/barnardo. html Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com