Hi Milly, Saturday, January 12, 2002, 8:04:44 AM, you wrote: e> What would be the procedure regarding registering boats and where would e> I find records on a particular one.? Is there an index held somewhere - or e> is this wishful thinking on my part.? e> Many thanks for any information e> Milly Banks - Perth Au e> emabee@bigfoot.com e> researching: BANKS/MAUDSLEY/(SLATER) NIXON/WILKES - Eng e> HOOD/FERGUSON/HANNA/EWART - Sct/Ire Depending on the timescale you're interested in, the following Acts required boats to be registered: Registration (Barges) Act 1795 - a war-time measure to list all waterway craft, their crews, and their customary journeys. Canal Boats Acts, 1877 and 1884 - my guess is these are probably what you are after - these Acts regulated living conditions of board canal boats, a register was kept by the local authority and the details of each boat had to be entered. The info recorded included size and type of boat, owner's and master's names, fate of the boat, and regulated how many people were permitted to work/live on board the vessel. Many of these registers are in county records offices local to the waterway they related to, for instance, of those for the Lancaster Canal the Kendal Register is in the Cumbria (Kendal) CRO, whilst the Preston one is in the Lancashire (Preston) CRO, although some for other waterways may be in the waterways museums at Gloucester and Ellesmere Port. -- Cheers, Anne mailto:Anne.Nichols@ukgateway.net Webmistress: http://stop.at/canalcaholic

Another place to try is the National Waterways museum at Gloucester Docks. the curator is contactable on info@nwm.demon.co.uk He has put a lot of the records on a database and searching is relatively easy. There is a small charge for copying. This is a great source of information All the best John Carrington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne" <Anne.Nichols@ukgateway.net> To: <CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Boat Registrations > Hi Milly, > > Saturday, January 12, 2002, 8:04:44 AM, you wrote: > > e> What would be the procedure regarding registering boats and where would > e> I find records on a particular one.? Is there an index held somewhere - or > e> is this wishful thinking on my part.? > e> Many thanks for any information > e> Milly Banks - Perth Au > e> emabee@bigfoot.com > e> researching: BANKS/MAUDSLEY/(SLATER) NIXON/WILKES - Eng > e> HOOD/FERGUSON/HANNA/EWART - Sct/Ire > > > Depending on the timescale you're interested in, the > following Acts required boats to be registered: > > Registration (Barges) Act 1795 - a war-time measure to list > all waterway craft, their crews, and their customary > journeys. > > Canal Boats Acts, 1877 and 1884 - my guess is these are > probably what you are after - these Acts regulated living > conditions of board canal boats, a register was kept by the > local authority and the details of each boat had to be > entered. The info recorded included size and type of boat, > owner's and master's names, fate of the boat, and regulated > how many people were permitted to work/live on board the > vessel. > > Many of these registers are in county records offices local > to the waterway they related to, for instance, of those for > the Lancaster Canal the Kendal Register is in the Cumbria > (Kendal) CRO, whilst the Preston one is in the Lancashire > (Preston) CRO, although some for other waterways may be in > the waterways museums at Gloucester and Ellesmere Port. > > -- > Cheers, > Anne mailto:Anne.Nichols@ukgateway.net > > Webmistress: http://stop.at/canalcaholic > > > > ==== CANAL-PEOPLE Mailing List ==== > Have you tried? > C J Genealogical Collections > Web Page http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >