Hello again Listers: I know that my g. grandfather William Turner ARNOTT was killed 29 June 1900 whilst trying to put a railway engine back on the tracks at Stanhope Bridge, near Broughton during the construction of the TALLA WATER WORKS - the engine rolled over and crushed him to death. At the time he worked for a Mr. John BEST, a general contractor from Edinburgh who took over the construction work of the Talla Reservoir on 27 January 1900. What I am trying to find out is where and when William Turner ARNOTT worked prior to 1900. In 1888, he worked as a coalminer (recorded on his marriage certificate to Alison SOMMERVILLE). Further anecdotal information received today, indicates that he was present when “they sank the Polton and Rosewell pits.” On the 1888 marriage certificate, William’s father, James Turner ARNOTT is listed as an “engine keeper”. If William worked with his father, this might explain the anecdotal information of his “being there” when they sank the aforementioned pits -- working the engines used to drive down the shafts. My question to these lists is: 1) where can I obtain records of the history of the above-mentioned coal pits to pin-point when they were sank. Thanks Jim Arnott Victoria, BC, Canada c:\famtree\arnott\8wtarnot\pithis1.doc