Earl Grey's Famine Orphan Scheme 1848-1850

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The 'Earl Grey's Famine Orphan Scheme 1848-1850' is a free space topic and is part of the Ireland and Australia Projects.

The Team Leader for this topic is: John Rosser.

Members:

• Megan Tilley
• Linda Waters
• Theresa Winchester-Seeto
• Raelene Garth
• Suzanne Reilly
• Catherine Davies
• J Wood

Mission

This project seeks to document the profiles of over 4000 adolescent female orphans who migrated from Irish workhouses to the Australian colonies under the Earl Grey Famine Orphan Scheme between 1848-1850.

As Tom Power, Chairman of the Great Irish Famine Commemoration Committee (GIFCC) so eloquently remarked at the unveiling of the Earl Grey Famine Memorial in Sydney in 1999, they are a continual reminder of the many terrible realities, similar to the great famine of Ireland, occurring in the world today and which cry out for our compassion and concern. ^[1]

It is only appropriate that we honour their lives by recognising them as one of the key groups of early European Settlement in Australia.

1. ↑ https://irishfaminememorial.org/history/

Goals

1. Create new profiles (and identify existing ones) for each of the famine orphans and link them to the project by using the relevant Categories and Stickers.
2. Merge all duplicate profiles into lowest correct LNAB.
3. PPP added and/or Project Account added as a trusted list member or manager for relevant profiles (this would be rare).
4. Improve the biography of each profile so that it has a written narrative, using the WikiTree Style Guide (can work with Profile Improvement Project for help)
5. Connect each profile to the main WikiTree family tree (we can ask the Connectors Project for help).

How to Join

To join the 'Earl Grey' team:

1. Membership of at least one of the Australia and/or Ireland Projects is required.
   * Australia - new and existing members of the Australia Project should answer this g2g welcome post (ask to join the Earl Grey Team);
   * Ireland - new and existing members of the Ireland Project should contact the Ireland Project.
2. Add the 'Member' Sticker to your profile, so that your name appears in our list of current members.
   See Stickers below for instructions.
3. Add Earl_Grey to your list of followed tags.
   See Tags and Tag Names for more information.

How to participate

Any contribution you can make, large or small, is appreciated. Most people start by working on any relevant profile(s) that are connected to their ancestral family.

Here are some other ways that Team members can contribute to our topic goals (if you have a special interest area, you can add yourself to that task, or ask one of us to):

• Identify relevant profiles by using the source database at the Irish Famine Memorial Sydney, including the memorial monument and other orphans identified in the database.

• Ensure that the 'Earl Grey' Sticker and the relevant categories have been added to each profile (see Stickers and Categories below).

• Add maintenance categories to let the Profile Improvement Team know where they can help
  e.g. [[Category:Ireland, Needs Birth Record]] (and others from [[Category:Ireland, Maintenance Categories]])
  [[Category:Victoria, Needs Death Record]]
  (and others from [[Category:Australia, Maintenance Categories]])

• Action maintenance categories by finding relevant sources and improving profile biographies.

Stickers

There are two important Stickers used by this topic: 'Member' and 'Earl Grey' . Remember that the code for stickers can be placed anywhere between the headings
== Biography ==
and
== Sources ==
(see Help:Stickers for more information).

• 'Member'

Code to use: {{Member|Earl Grey}}

Usage:
For use on profiles of WikiTree Genealogists that are members of the 'Earl Grey' topic team.

Function:
* Increases awareness of the topic and provides a link to the space page
* Adds the profile to [[Category: Earl Grey's Famine Orphan Scheme Project Members]]

Displays as:

... ... ... is a member of the Earl Grey's Famine Orphan Scheme 1848-1850 Team.

• 'Earl Grey'

Code to use: {{Earl Grey|location=Native-place}}

Notes -
1. Must use lower case 'l' in parameter name (ie. 'location' NOT 'Location')
2. Replace Native-place with the Irish County nominated in the shipping records as the orphan's 'native place' (do not use the word 'County').
e.g. {{Earl Grey|location=Tipperary}}
Orphans from 'King's County' should be entered as 'Offaly', 'Queens County' as 'Laois'.
3. Omit the 'location' parameter if the 'native place' is unknown, or in dispute.
e.g. {{Earl Grey}}

Usage:
For use on all profiles within the scope of this topic.

Function:
* Highlights the orphan's involvement in the Earl Grey Scheme
* Adds the profile to the topic landing-level categories (see Categories below).

Displays as:

... ... ... was an Irish famine orphan who emigrated to Australia between 1848-1850.

In addition, it may be appropriate to add one or more of the following stickers:

• {{Ireland Native}}
• {{Migrating Ancestor}}
• {{Assisted and Bounty Immigrants|assisted}}

More information about these and other Stickers used by the Australia Project can be found here.

Categories

All profiles within the scope of this topic require the following three categories (all of them have been set up and are accessible from the Category Picker):

• Irish Famine Orphan Girls from...
  (added automatically via the 'Earl Grey' sticker)
  see this category list.
• Irish Famine Orphan Girls aboard...
  (needs to be added manually)
  see this category list.
• Ship Name, Arrived...
  (needs to be added manually)
  see this category list.

In addition, it may be appropriate to add one or more of the following categories:

• Migration stream, level 5
  e.g. [[Category:Migrants from County Cavan to New South Wales]]

Resources

The following pages may be of interest:

The following resources may also be useful:

• What was the Earl Grey Famine Orphan Scheme?
• Irish Famine Memorial Sydney
• Trevo's Irish Famine Orphans
• History Ireland; Lost Children
• Immigration Museum, Victoria

See also:

• The Famine Immigrants: Lists of Irish Immigrants Arriving at the Port of New York, 1846-1851

Related Projects and Topics

• Assisted and Bounty Immigrants topic
• Orphan girls were also sent to Van Dieman's Land (now Tasmania), in a scheme similar to, but distinct from, the Earl Grey Famine Orphan Scheme: see Space:Irish Famine Orphan Girls―Female Immigration Association.