| Description | This series contains settlement papers for children emigrated by the Middlemore Homes to Canada and later to Australia. The papers typically comprise agreements signed by the families or employers with whom each child was settled and reports made of visits to check on the care and behaviour of the child once settled with a family or employer. Some settlement papers are accompanied by correspondence regarding the child. Between 1873 and 1897 the papers have been pasted into a series of large volumes, each with an alphabetical index at the front. These books were created in Canada by staff at the Guthrie Home. After 1897, the settlement papers and reports are stored in bundles, arranged by year the child was emigrated. During cataloguing, the papers relating to each child have been placed in a separate file, although the original bundle order has been maintained. The dates indicated at bundle level in this catalogue refer to the year that the child emigrated, although later papers may be included in the bundles. |