Dear Simon and Linda The person to contact is Roy Jamieson, Archives of British Waterways, Llanthony Warehouse, Gloucester Docks, Gloucester GL1 2EJ. The archives have various databases with information on gauging books and some boats and masters. The British waterways web site is www.britishwaterways.co.uk There is also the Boat Museum, at South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port Cheshire CH65 4FW e-mail address is [email protected] where there are also records about Boat people. I hope this helps. Alice In Portadown N.Ireland Researching the Moss family who were Boatmen in Alrewas Staffs, Duddeston Birmingham & City road London -----Original Message----- From: Simon.Brick <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: 21 July 2000 23:29 Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Leeds Liverpool and Calder navigation Canals. >Hello Lynda , >Did you get any replies to your request for help with records of boats on >the Leeds/Liverpool Canal? I would be interested too as I have rellies who >worked the boats and one of my great grandfathers was actually born on the >boat at the top lock, Aspull. > >Hope to hear from you, > >Barbara Brick >----- Original Message ----- >From: Lynda <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 6:40 PM >Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Leeds Liverpool and Calder navigation Canals. > > >> Hello to all >> Could SkS help me locate records etc for the above named canals, I am >trying to trace the names of the boats that my rellies BATES, VARLEY,KAY. >from Leeds either owned or were emplyed upon TIA Lynda. >> >> >> ============================== >> The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >> Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >> > > >============================== >Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, >access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM > >