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 Sack, Sallyann Amdur, and Suzanne Fishl Wynne. ''The Russian Consular Records Index and Catalog''. New York, NY, USA: Garland Publishing Company, 1987. (Family History Library book {{FHL|548652|title-id|disp=973 D22s}}.)
-=== British Home Children Immigrants 1870-1940  ===
-An estimated 80,000 children (only few of whom were orphans) were sent from Britain to Canada by philanthropic organizations during the late 19th and early 20th century. Of the more than 50 agencies, the largest was Dr. Barnardo’s, which sent a few children to Canada beginning in the late 1860s, and over 30,000 more from 1882 to 1939. Click [http://retirees.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/children/Organizations/barnardo.html here] for more information on the "[[Barnardo’s children]]." If your ancestor was one of the "Barnardo children," you may wish to write to:
-Dr. Barnardo’s After Care Section<br>Tanners Lane<br>Barkingside, Ilford<br>Essex 1G6 1QG<br>England
-Addresses of other agencies still holding information are in:
-Harrison, Phyllis. ''Addresses of UK Foundling Homes for the British Immigrant Children Brought to Canada, Newsleaf''. February 1986, 9. This is published by the Ontario Genealogical Society (Family History Library book {{FHL|1565655|title-id|disp=971.3 B2og}}.)
-An Online resource is [http://jubilation.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/homeadd.html Young Immigrants to Canada].  It includes resources on British Home Children.
-The Library and Archives Canada also has an index for Home Children: [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/index-e.html Home Children 1869-1930]
-Research suggestions are in:
-*[http://thediscoverblog.com Library Archives Canada Blog]: A series of blogs about what is available about the British Home Children on the LAC site and strategies about how to use the records. Published dates: 11/20/2012, 12/6/2012, 2/5/2013, 2/14/2013
-*Lorente, David. ''Home Children: Digging Up Their Roots, Anglo-Celtic Annals, 1995, 38–41''. (Family History Library book {{FHL|985976|title-id|disp=971.384 D25aa}}.) This periodical is published by the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa.
-The Family History Library has few records of these children, but there are some at the National Archives of Canada. Biographies of a few of them are in:
-*Harrison, Phyllis, Editor. ''The Home Children: Their Personal Stories''. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Watson &amp; Dwyer, 1979. (Family History Library book {{FHL|169121|title-id|disp=971 D3h}}.)
-*Corbett, Gail H. Barnardo ''Children in Canada''. Peterborough, Ontario, Canada: Woodland Publishing, 1981. (Family History Library book {{FHL|23701|title-id|disp=971 W2cg}}.) An appendix gives research suggestions. <!--{12079426434190} -->
-'''A wiki article describing this collection is found at:'''
-[[Border Crossings From Canada to the United States - FamilySearch Historical Records|Border Crossings From Canada to the United States - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
 ==For Further Reading==