Subj : Re: Family History
To   : apam
From : Warpslide
Date : Fri Sep 23 2022 06:10:42

 *** Quoting apam from a message to Adept ***

 ap> That's cool. My wife has been really into her family history,
 ap> although we can't afford to travel, she's been able to find groups
 ap> online that help out, I think she had someone in scotland do some
 ap> research for her, and other places.

I was on a family history kick not too long ago and was fortunate to be able 
to sit with all four of my grandparents to get started.

Both of my great-grandfathers were "Barnardo Boys" which were children sent 
from the UK to Canada to work on farms.

"Between 1869 and the late 1930s, more than 100,000 children were sent to 
Canada from Great Britain by philanthropic organizations like Dr. 
Barnardo's"

"Farmers paid a fee, and the children worked as indentured servants, until 
they came of age. Some were treated well, taken in as members of the family; 
many were seen as "little workers"; others were abused. The children were 
supposed to go to school, but this often depended on the farmer's needs and 
harvest season."

https://bbs.lc/wA7d5


Jay

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