Dear Elaine, Thank you for posting this information for Janet and all. I wasn't getting anywhere with the standard web sites! Best Wishes Rosemarie California Searching BLACKBURN, Bridlington CASEMENT - Isle of Man, Hull GRAY - Drypool, Beverley, Bridlington JENNINGS - Hull KEENAN - Drypool, Ireland TAYLOR- Drypool ----- Original Message ----- From: Elaine Hooper <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 4:51 AM Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Waterman AND CANAL RECORDS > Hi Janet - re records of "water people." The following describes the four > main sources of information unique to waterways from "Canal Miscellany - A > compilation of records and memories of canal family life in and around > Warwickshire and The Midlands". Warwickshire Family History Society 1998. > WFHS 7 Mersey Road, Bulkington, Warwickshire CV12 9QB > > 1. Register of Boats and Barges. Inland Waterway craft were required to be > registered by the Clerk of the Peace from 1795. Registers are usually > deposited in local record offices. > > 2. Public Health Registers. Kept under the Canal Boat Acts 1877 to 1844 > and administered by the Local or Port Authority through whose district a > canal or river navigation passed. The Acts were introduced to prevent > overcrowding and to improve living standards on the cabin boats. Boats with > living accommodation had to be registered and were issued with a numbered > certificate. The number together with the town was usually painted on the > cabin side. These registers may be deposited at the local record office, > but some are still with the Authority concerned. > > 3. Gauging Tables. Kept by each Navigation Company, show the carrying > capacity of the boat. Other details vary but they usually contain the > owners name and address. Registers may be at the National Waterways Museum, > Llanthony Warehouse, Gloucester Docks, Gloucester GL1 2EL > > 4. British Transport Historical Records. A collection of documents, canal > company minute books, maps, etc. kept at the Public Record Office, Kew, > London. > >