Maritime Archive and Library
This information sheet looks at child emigration from the 17th to the mid 20th centuries. It provides a useful bibliography and looks at the societies concerned with these children including:
The Children's Friend Society
Annie MacPherson
Liverpool Sheltering Homes
Maria Rye's Female Middle-Class Emigration Society
National Children's Homes
Catholic Organisations
Dr Barnardo's
Fegan's Child and Family Care (Fegan's Homes)
Quarriers Homes
Middlemore Homes
The Children's Society
The Farming School Movements
The Salvation Army
Child Migrant Trust
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