Findmypast has announced a new collection of nearly 39,000 records of the ‘Home Children’ who were sent from Britain to Canada, launched in partnership with organisations including The National Archives, the British Library, Library and Archives Canada and Home Children Canada.

These records are free to search although users will need to register for a Findmypast account.

At the moment there are four collections

'Home Children Inspection Reports’, recording inspections of children’s foster homes in Canada between 1913 and 1932 (25,534 records)

'Home Children Board of Guardian Records’, which record children in the workhouse system in England who were then sent to Canada

'Lancashire, Liverpool, Children Sent To Canada 1883-1925’, which consists of registers of children sent from Liverpool to Canada

'Children’s Legislation Correspondence’, which consists of government correspondence around the passing of the 1908 Children’s Act 

Link to search 👉https://www.findmypast.co.uk/page/british-home-children