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My apologies if you get 'spammed with this note. I belong to a whole slew
of very informative Lists.
Am forwarding the following:
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Greetings All.
For those having an interest in British Home Children, I have just had
the following information passed on to me. I cannot vouch for the
accuracy of the information, but pass it on for your possible interest.
Happy Hunting.
Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts(a)telus.net
Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee
Port Coquitlam, BC
http://globalgenealogy.com/Census
en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm
Permission to forward without notice is granted.
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The Knowledge Network, Channel 5, broadcasting only in B.C. said on
their fund raising drive on Friday, last:
They will be showing the following program (information taken directly
from their program guide which I hold in my hand, so don't blame me if
it doesn't come on, however, their programs always do)
Thursday, December 5, 2002
10:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Living Histories: The Quarriers
This is their text:
>From 1874 to the 1920's, some 7,000 children were sent to Canada from
the Orphan Homes of Scotland, established by William Quarrier. Four
seniors who were part of that emigration recall their ordeal of
relocation, homesickness, and acceptance.
Repeated on:
Thursday, December 19, 2002
Noon to 12:30
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Noreen