User:Donaldb4/new article name here FORGOTTEN SCOTS
New article name FORGOTTEN SCOTS new article content ... Scots who were removed from their natural familes and 'boarded out' with other families usually in remote rural parts of Scotland. The practice began around 1845 with the Poor Law Amendment Act and ended only in 1968. See case study from the Island of Mull under "External links" below.
References
[edit]"Scotland in the 19th Century", Haythornthwaite 1993 (Section 14.1) "The Policy of Boarding Out Children in Scotland", Currie & Ramage, Glagow Caledonian University / Heathland Museum of Social Work.
External links
[edit]http://www.blackshouse.demon.co.uk/Forgotten%20Scots.htm (Case study from the Island of Mull) http://www.gcu.ac.uk/heatherbank/pdfs/boardingout.pdf http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/haynin/haynin1401.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgotten_Australians