You may be able to find something on the Web. Here are a few sites. http://www.british-waterways.org/ http://www.canals.com/index.htm http://community-1.webtv.net/NeptuneGrpLLC/CANALSINLAND/ http://www.waterways.org.uk/iwa/ This last being the Inland Waterways Association that I have been a member of for 40 years. All have links to other useful and interesting pages. Hope you enjoy these. James Barlow ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Healey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Boatmen/women. > Goodday from Campbellford (On the Trent canal) Ontario. My g.grandfather & > grandfather both were bargemen& watermen in the Mirfield/Goole area in > circa 1800 /1850 Is there any listing books or other informtion thah could > be checked to find more details of their lives --Henry Healey?Heley > 1807 --1845 & EdwardHealey/Heley 1834 1845 --when they both came to Canada . > Perhaps others in the family worked on the canals during & after that time?? > Also are there maps available on the Yorkshire canal system?? I was in > England back in 1979 pursuing my hobby of antique gas & steam engines & did > wonder at the small size of some canals !! (didn't know about my canal > connection at that time) ----- Any help is allways appreciated Larry > Healey > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 3:10 AM > Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Boatmen/women. > > > > Hi, > > I have no Brandreth family on the canal boats, but have Slater's from the > > Tettenhall & Compton areas. (Nr. Wolverhampton.) > > One of the Slater's marries a Nixon and they eventually end up in > Penkridge. > > I am willing to exchange what info I have on the Slater family. > > Regards Mo > > [email protected] > > > > > > ============================== > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >