Hi List, While doing my research I run across some boatman families on the parish registers I'm looking at. I have noted down the details of the various entries. If you want to see if any of your people are in my list of entries go to the link below. If you don't see them yet then check back its an ongoing thing. This is all the information I have unfortunately unless you happen to be related to some of the boatman in my family file. DAWSON, WAGSTAFF, SAVAGE, SHED, CORT, PERRY, FOSTER. http://www.oceanv.net/canals.asp Please excuse any typos...its a work in progress. :-O) Research Interests: ------ ADDIS - Birmingham & Worcester (Caroline Addis married Edward Kennard m.1842 Worcester) AUSTIN - Warwick, Leicester, Rutland (Florence Stride married Albert Austin m.1918 Bham) CARTER - West Bromwich (Emily Carter married Frederick KNIGHT m. 1893 West Brom) CHALLINGSWORTH - Kingswinford, Sts (Eliza Challingsworth married Peter Firmstone m. 1831 Dudley) CHAPPELL - Birmingham, Warwick (Clara Chappel married William REEVES m. 1879 Bham) CLARKE - Leicester (married into RICHARDS m. 1873 Harborne) DAWSON - Wolverhampton, Sts, Castle D, Lei, Shardlow, Dby (mostly boatmen) DUNN - Kingswinford, Sts (Mariah Dunn married Thomas Roberts m. 1849 Dudley) FIRMSTONE - Kingswinford, Sts (Susannah Firmstone married Samuel Mallen m.1873 Dudley) HILL - Warwick (Kings Norton), Smethwick - Thomas Hill b. 1882 son of Charles? JACQUES - Rugby, War (Elizabeth married John SHED m. 1893 Uxbridge) KENNARD - Birmingham & Worcester KNIGHT - West Bromwich/Wolverhampton (Frederick KNIGHT) MALLEN - Kingswinford, Sts or Worcester LOCKLEY - Wolverhampton, Sts (married into Sarah Married John DAWSON m 1855 Wolv.) PEMBERTON - Dumbarton, Scotland/Smethwick, Sts - Margaret married William CARTER) QUEEN - Glasgow, Scotland (Mary married Thomas PEMBERTON bef. 1837) RICHARDS - London, War, Sts - William RICHARDS (Hair Dresser) Son - William (Japanner) REEVES - Birmingham, Kings Norton (Polly Lily Reeves married Thomas HILL m. 1904) ROBERTS - Quarry Bank/Kingswinford, Worcester or Stafford SAVAGE - Wolverhampton, Stafford (Caroline married Thomas DAWSON m. 1855 Tipton) SHED - Paddington, London (Emily married Thomas DAWSON m. 1916 Bham) STEWART - Midlothian area, Scotland STRIDE - Warwick, Worcester - always interested in ALL STRIDE/STROYDs WARD - Warwick - Occupation Carpenter WITHERS - Newcastle on Tyne (married into RICHARDS) Check out my trees on the web: http://www.oceanv.net/projects.htm