On 10-Jul-10, at 8:47 AM, robertgascoigne wrote: > Hello Nivard > > I am searching for the son of James Reid and Janet Hamilton the > couple I was > researching last week. Alexander Reid was born Lanarkshire abt > 1857+- as > when Rhoda found him in 1871 he was 13 in the Mossbank Industrial > School. I > have been reading about the children who were sent to Canada . I was > looking > on Family Search and found an Alexander Reid in Canada in 1881 > occupation > Engineer . When my Alexander marriedin 1883 his occupation was > Engineers > Driller, I was wondering if he had been sent to Canada by Quarriers > Homes . > After he married in 1883 my Alexander worked as a Coal miner in > several > places before staying in Polmont ,Stirlingshire. > > Thank you in Advance > > Bob > > Hello Bob, If you are exploring the possibility that your Alexander Reid was a "home child" you might want visit the British Home Child site and join the BHC mailing list. People are quite helpful there. http://www.britishhomechildren.org/ This website is constantly being updated with people adding more children, more "sending agencies," and more links to other groups and sources of information. Hope this is of some help and interest to you and any other Lanark list members who may be looking for a relation who was sent away in the UK child emigration scheme. Note however that BHC only refers to children sent to Canada. There are other groups and websites about child migrants sent to other former colonies. Sincerely, Carolyn (with a BHC ancestor who was sent out from a reformatory, and not one of the larger agencies).