Lorna, Have you considered this might be something to do with fly boats. They might have required a conductor, I'm assuming like a bus does today. (or did) Phil in Hales Owen havr yopu thought -----Original Message----- From: LORNA.YORK@northampton.ac.uk <LORNA.YORK@northampton.ac.uk> To: CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com <CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 24 January 2002 19:40 Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Boat Conductor >Hi List >Today whilst abstacting baptism records from Long Buckby parish records I came >across the Occupation of Boat Conductor. There are two families the Threshers >and the Thompsons some of the baptismal records state boatman others had boat >conductor. I have never seen this before and wondered if anybody else had and >could give me an explanation. >