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May monthly meeting announcements are available. The handout for Ken McKInlay's Back to Basics presentation is available in the Members' Area. The videos will be available shortly. |
BIFHSGO Vision, Mission and Values / 2024–2026 GoalsAt its April 2024 meeting, the board reaffirmed BIFHSGO's vision, mission and values. Based on these, it approved specific goals for 2024-2026, which includes activities related to: education, research and projects, connecting members, website and the organization’s capacity to deliver goals. Check out the exciting plans for the next two years and contact any board member to participate. See details on our About Us page. |
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Celebrate BIFHSGO’s 30th Anniversary in 2024! Win a Prize! 1st Prize—$300 2nd Prize—$200 3rd Prize—$100 Deadline midnight 31 May 2024. See |
Every website requires some searching; it’s hard to feature everything on the home page. We hope this regular column will help by introducing you to things you may not have noticed on the website |
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Home Children IndexesWithout a doubt, BIFHSGO’s best-known collection on the website is its extensive indexes of home children records. It is estimated that at least 100,000 children were brought to Canada from England between 1869 and 1948. BIFHSGO holds very few home child records as such but, since 1994, BIFHSGO’s volunteers have contributed to the creation of important databases of indexed information on British home children. These projects have been undertaken over the years in support of our partnership with Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and include these indexes: |
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