Go Further

Eight more sites that can help family historians

CARE LEAVERS’ ASSOCIATION

w careleavers.com

The website has information about accessing childhood care files, plus lists of local authority contacts for records of council-run homes.

FOUNDLING MUSEUM

w foundlingmuseum.org.uk

Discover the history of the famous hospital established in 1739 by Thomas Coram to care for babies who were at risk of abandonment.

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA

w bit.ly/canadian-children

The Canadian archives website brings together databases and other material, for example passenger lists, that can help you trace any relatives who were sent overseas as children.

MÜLLER’S

w mullers.org

Learn about the Orphan Homes of George Müller, who cared for 10,000 children in Bristol during the 19th century. Staff will search the organisation’s records for a small fee.

ON THEIR OWN

w otoweb.cloudapp.net

This dated but interesting website about child migrants is from National Museums Liverpool and the Australian National Maritime Museum.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS

w parlipapers.chadwyck.co.uk

Although only available via library/archive subscriptions, here you can trawl Poor Law reports which include workhouse inspections.

RAGGED SCHOOL MUSEUM

w raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk

Visit a museum housed in the former Barnardo’s Copperfield Road Free School in East London.

WORKHOUSES.ORG

w workhouses.org.uk

Peter Higginbotham’s website is especially good for finding out about individual workhouses, Poor Law unions, and related institutions such as industrial schools and reformatories.