Just to say the PRO series Chris Webb refers to, which may be relevant to
your enquirer is DO 131, records of the Children's Overseas Reception Board,
which arranged for children to be evacuated abroad, including to Canada,
during WWII. The catalogue of this series is available on our online
catalogue on the PRO website (http://www.pro.gov.uk)
Kate
Kate Hallett
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Public Record Office,
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Kew, Surrey,
TW9 4DU
020 8392 5330, ext 2880
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> From: Chris Webb[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To: Chris Webb
> Sent: 13 December 2000 15:31
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Emigration records
>
> I don't know where the records of the British Immigration and
> Colonisation Association are, but we have a source that might be
> relevant to your enquirer.
>
> The archive of the American Committee for the Evacuation of British
> Children (in WW2) is here, and contain much information on the children
> evacuated. A parallel scheme was run by the British Government and that
> archive is in the PRO.
>
> There, are, of course, data protection implications for accessing these
> records - ironically, because on advice from the PRO they were formerly
> closed for only 30 years.
>
> Chris
>
> On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, EM SUSAN wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > We have had an enquiry from someone who is doing research on child
> > emigration from England to Canada and who has asked specifically for
> records
> > of the British Immigration and Colonisation Association - does anyone
> know
> > where they might be?
> >
> > with thanks,
> >
> > Susan Em
> >
> >
> >
> > Susan Em
> > Deputy Archivist & Records Manager
> > The Children's Society Records and Archives Section
> > Block A, Tower Bridge Business Complex, 100 Clements Road, Bermondsey.
> > London SE16 4DG
> > tel 0171 232 2966 fax 0171 252 3902
> >
>
>
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> UK
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