Find your ancestors in Colonial Office, Emigration to Canada Enclosures to Reports

What can these records tell me?

You may find information including
  • First name
  • Last name (s)
  • Ages
  • Emigration year
  • Town
  • Poor Law Union
  • County
  • Date of order
  • Year of order
  • Detailed entry information

Discover more about these records

These have been captured from The National Archives MH19/11 series.

Documents within the MH19 series contain Local Government Board copies of enclosures and reports regarding the emigrations of pauper children to Canada between 1887-1892.

Within this, there are detailed reports compiled by the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, on instruction from the Dominion of Canada Immigration Officer, giving comments about children’s condition, health, character, schooling, and frequency of church attendance. They also include the union or parish where the children came from.