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    1. [ONTARIO] Home Child Event
    2. Gail Collins
    3. Mark your calendars for those able to attend Home Child Event Saturday May 26, 10 am to 4 pm. Minden Community Centre, 55 Parkside Avenue, Minden, Ontario K0M 2K0 Admission - $5 per person A full day of displays, presentations and Home Children descendants share! Authors - Sandra Joyce “The Street Arab”, Gloria Phillips “A Pilgrim Passing Through”, Gail Corbett “Nation Builders-Barnardo Children in Canada”, Kenneth Bagnell “The Little Immigrants” -- Publisher Ed Janzen launches “British Home Children Anthology 2012” -- Representatives – Ivy Sucee of Hazelbrae-Barnardo Home Memorial Group of Peterborough and John Sayers of The British isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa will offer resources and advice on researching for your Home Child. See the 2010 (from Ontario) Home Children Memorial Quilt from the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum and the large display from the City of Ottawa Archives. Additional displays from some local organizations. For further info or questions contact Carol Simmons.

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