Truncated – An Abbreviated Family Tree Handout

 

References

 

The following are the various sources used to develop the story of Elizabeth Gibson. 

 

Websites:

 

  1. Quarriers - https://www.quarriers.org.uk
  2. Bernardo Homes - https://www.barnardos.org.uk
  3. Home Children – Canadian Library and Archives - https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/home-children-1869-1930/Pages/home-children.aspx  
  4. British Home Children - https://content.iriss.org.uk/goldenbridge/index.html
  5. Scotland’s People: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
  6. Fraser Hamilton (McKerlie family tree).  Formerly on a separate website and now loaded within the My Heritage database: https://www.myheritage.com/site-family-tree-490354371/hamilton
     

Facebook Groups

 

  1. British Home Children Advocacy & Research Foundation – now Home Children Canada
  2. British Home Children & Child Migrants – Western Canada
  3. British Home Children (2.2 K members)
  4. British Home Children and Descendants Association (Nova Scotia) (768 members)
  5. Families of British Home Children / British Child Migrants  (3.9 K members)
  6. Quarriers Homes Children of the Past (390 members)
  7. Children’s Homes Reunited UK  (257 members)
  8. Barnardo Homes – several small groups

 

Books:

 

  1. The Village -   A History of Quarrier’s – Published by Quarrier’s Homes, Bridge of Weir, Scotland by Anna Magnusson, 1984, ISBN 0-9510044-2-5
  2. Quarriers Story – Anna Magnusson, Dundurn Press, Toronto, 2006, ISBN 1-55002-655-0
  3. The Forgotten Home Child – Genvieve Graham, 2020, 
  4. The Home Children – Their Personal Stories – Phyliss Harrison, Watson & Dyer Publishing Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1979, ISBN 0-920486-02-9

 

YouTube Titles

 

  1. British Home Children in Canada - Born of Good Intentions
  2. British Home Children - The Search for a Stolen Identity
  3. Childhood Lost - Stories of British Home Children
  4. British Home Children - A History
  5. The British Home Children
  6. British Home Children
  7. Canada's British Home Children Honoured with Monument
  8. Researching your British Home Children Ancestors | Ancestry Extra | Ancestry®
  9. British Home Children
  10. BHC Film 2016 British Home Child Group International
  11. The Workhouse and Home Children
  12. And more

 

Other:

  1. Wikipedia
  2. Federal Government of Canada Hansard records: www.lipad.ca
  3. Google
  4. Newpapers.com

 

 

Ron Gilmore

Email:      rvg3@me.com

Website:  rgenealogy.ca

Last Updated:  April 4, 2023