This came to me! Forwarding! ----- Original Message ----- From: "l.defrancis" <l.defrancis@ntlworld.com> To: "List Owner" <list.owner@virgin.net> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Fw: Worcester Birmingham Canal Hi Derek, Have you tried placing this message on Worcs or Wessex Plus Lists? Just a thought. I can forward it to both if you'd like. Let me know. James Dunn below probably knew your ancestor - do you happen to know if your Richard Jones was married with children? Clutching at straws maybe, I'm looking for a Mary Jane who was born in 1853. My great-great grandmother, I don't know her maiden name, but if the Master of the timber barge is linked to her future husband, also James Wm DUNN - then my Mary Jane could have been a lock keepers daughter...... Yes, I am getting that desperate - my DUNN forbears seem to have disappeared.......until 1903 (when their daughter Elizabeth DUNN married in Bristol. Lisa RESEACHING : James William DUNN Master of timber Barge 'Mary of Birmingham' born Bristol c.1823. ----- Original Message ----- From: List Owner <list.owner@virgin.net> To: <CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 12:00 PM Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Fw: Worcester Birmingham Canal ----- Original Message ----- From: <BoughtonTurn@aol.com> To: <CANAL-PEOPLE-D-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 8:27 PM Subject: Worcester Birmingham Canal My Great Grandfather was a lockkeeper at Astwood Lock, Claines, Worcester, in the mid -19th century. His name was Richard Jones. I am trying to find out if there are any records of the canal employees for that period which may be accessible either through the Internet or by some other means. If you are able to give me any advice or point me in which direction to search , I should be most grateful. Thanks for any help you may be able to give, Derek Jones --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by Expert Anti-Virus. Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 2002-21-Jan ==== CANAL-PEOPLE Mailing List ==== Have you used Tree Tops? The Free FAMILY TREE & WE'LL MEET AGAIN SERVICE http://freespace.virgin.net/tree.tops ============================== 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