Canada Home Children Bibliography and Suggested Reading - International Institute


 * Bagnell, Kenneth. The Little Immigrants: the Orphans Who Came to Canada. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2001.
 * Birt, Lilian M. The Children’s Home-Finder, the Story of Annie Macpherson and Louisa Birt. London: J. Nisbet, 1913.
 * Christensen, Penelope. Researching English Poor Law &amp; Parish Chest Records. Toronto: Heritage Productions #HE08, 2002.
 * Corbett, Gail H. Nation Builders: Barnardo Children in Canada. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2002.
 * Diamond, Marion. Emigration and Empire: the Life of Maria S. Rye. New York: Glarland Publishing, 1999.
 * Douglas, Althea. Finding Your Ancestors in English Quebec. Toronto: Heritage Productions #HC02, c2000.
 * Gammie, William. William Quarrier and the Story of the Orphan Homes in Scotland. London: Pickering &amp; Inglis, 1936.
 * Gibson, Jeremy. Poor Law and Union Records. 4 Vols. Federation of Family History Societies, 1993-1997.
 * Gilchrist, James S. Marchmont: Distributing Home, Belleville, Ontario, 1870-1925. Belleville: Epic Press, 2003.
 * Hanowski, Laura. Finding Your Ancestors in Manitoba. Toronto: Heritage Productions #HC24, c2004.
 * Herber, Mark. Ancestral Trails, the Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (1st paperback edition), 2000.
 * Jacka, Alan A. The Story of The Children’s Home. London: National Children’s Home, 1969.
 * Kohli, Marjorie. The Golden Bridge: Young Immigrants to Canada, 1833-1939. Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2003.
 * Magnusson, Anna. The Village: A History of Quarrier’s. Bridge of Weir: Quarrier’s Homes, 1984.
 * Merriman, Brenda Dougall. Genealogy in Ontario: Searching the Records. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, revised 3rd edition, 2002.
 * Middlemore Homes. One Hundred Years of Child Care: the Story of the Middlemore Homes. Birmingham, 1972.
 * Parr, Joy. Labouring Children: British Immigrant Apprentices to Canada. University of Toronto Press, 1994.
 * Punch, Terrence. Genealogical Research in Nova Scotia. Halifax, 1983.
 * Snow, Perry Allan. Neither Waif Nor Stray: the Search For a Stolen Identity. Victoria: Trafford, 1999.
 * Young, Barbara. Chasing Grandma. Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue: Shoreline, 2001.

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