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Database - child migration to Canada (1869-1930)

Libraries and Archives Canada has released a database of over 100,000 juvenile migrants who were sent to Canada from Great Britain during the child emigration movement between 1869 and the late 1930's. The majority of these "Home Children" were orphaned, abandoned or paupers, sent out by churches and philanthropic organisations such as Dr Barnado's Home.

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/001015-130-e.html

3 million UK crime, court and convict records to be digitised

The National Archives (UK) has announced that their extensive collection of crime, court and convict records will be transcribed, digitised and published online.

The records will be searchable by name, alias, date of birth, place, offence and sentence. Content such as judges' reports, prison registers, transfer papers and gaolers' reports will also be included.

Check out the following link for further information:http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/611.htm

Australian Census 9 August 2011 - John Oxley Library Blog

Read the latest article on the John Oxley Library Blog about the importance of answering "YES" to Question 60 on census night and build a profile of yourself for your descendants.

http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2011/08/02/the-australian-census-9-august-2011/

ABC podcast: Genealogy and the Census

Listen to Tony Delroy from ABC Radio's Nightlife program discussing why you should say "YES" to Question 60 on your census form and the importance of these records to family historians. 

http://www.abc.net.au/nightlife/stories/3284889.htm

His guests are

• Brad Argent from Ancestry.com.au
• Christine Yeats from State Records New South Wales

ABC podcast: Who Counts? A history of the census

ABC Radio's Rear Vision program examines the history of the census in Australia, Great Britain and the United States of America.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/rearvision/stories/2011/3279033.htm

Guests include:

• Beth Wright - Historian of the Australian Census. Worked for the Australian Bureau of Statistics for many years
• Edward Higgs - Historian of the British Census. Professor of History, University of Essex
• Margo Anderson - Historian of the US Census. Prof of History and Urban Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

ABC podcast: Salvation Army Family Tracing Service

Listen to Lyndal Barker from the Salvation Army Family Tracing Service talking with ABC Radio's Richard Fidler on how the Salvation Army assists in reuniting broken families.

Go to:

http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2011/07/lyndal-barker-salvation-army-family-tracing.html?site=brisbane&program=612_afternoons

and then click on the link "Download the audio file"