Findmypast Weekly Update

Three more databases in Findmypast’s Home Child initiative celebrate the contribution of these children who journeyed to Canada thanks, in part, to the support of the Canadian government.

Home Children Burial Index
This new index, created in partnership with Home Children Canada, includes burial information for over 7,000 Home Children.

Home Children Enlistments and Military Deaths
This brand-new collection tells the story of Home Children who went on to enlist in armed forces across the Commonwealth between the 1890s and the 1950s.

Home Children Hazelbrae Barnardo Home Index, 1883-1923
These 9,050 new records document Home Children that were received at the Hazelbrae Barnardo Home in Ontario, Canada between 1883 and 1923.

 

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