Hi Georgina, I am not sure to whom this letter was directed, but I had several great aunts and uncles that were sent to Canada by the Middlemore home and Dr. Barnardos. Could you send me more details? I may be interested in this. Thanks. Faith Capnerhurst [email protected] researching (England):CAPNERHURST/CAPENHURST, CHADD, CARRINGTON, SMITH, PARDOE, GREEN & ALLEN (Newfoundland): CLARK(E), HURDLE, DYKE, HALL, PARROT, FLEET, HUNT, & WISEMAN > Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 17:00:59 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WAR] are you connected to a Child Migrant sent to Canada? > > > If so its not too late to submit your child's story for an anthology to be published later this year in Canada > You can also submit poems, articles, diary entries, you could write about your journey in searching or if you knew that home child you could put down your memories. > > More than 5000 children were brought to Canada through the Birmingham based Middlemore Home, did you have a relative who went over to Canada through this scheme? these children came from all over Warwickshire. Many more children from Warwickshire were brought by other organisations like Dr Barnardos and Catholic Emigration Association. > > 'A Special Edition Anthology IV Book, to be published later this summer by Canadian Stories magazine, is a great opportunity for us to tell our stories and have them grouped together in one book, to acknowledge and honour our Home Children, and a wonderful keepsake and resource for 2010 Year of the British Home Child'. > > There is no limit for the length of your story and the deadline date is July 1st 2010 > > You can include picture(s) which will be printed in black and white for the Anthology. > > Please let me know if you are interested and I will give you the email addresses of those organizing it > > George > > > Proud to be connected to Elizabeth (Marjorie) Griffin, one of over 100,000 British Home Children sent from the United Kingdom to a new life in Canada. > > > > > > > List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ 30 days of prizes to be won with Hotmail. Enter Here. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729709