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Records of homes for children

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Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 28 Nov 2007 10:24

....Trying a different approach...
If you know where your mother went to school, an address may be recorded in the school entrance register.

Gwyn

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 26 Nov 2007 13:50

try Dr Barnados homes they have a website and a contact tel and email address for enquiries . they are very helpful.

Shirley

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Miriam

Miriam Report 26 Nov 2007 12:39

Dear Thomas

Try www.nch.org.uk - the website of the National Children's Homes - I'm sure if you email them they could point you in the right direction.

Best of luck

Maria

Thomas

Thomas Report 26 Nov 2007 12:04

I have been trying to locate the home in which my mother was placed when only two years old because of the death of her mother aged 23 in 1911. They lived in Islington at the time and I've searched the records of the principal childrens home in that area at that time ( Andover Road ) without success.
Does anyone have any knowledge of the subject of childrens homes under the authority of Islington in the early 1900s? Would there have been a register of children from the area placed in homes.