In a message dated 20/03/00 03:46:32 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > I am after information "anything" about it all, I think some of my lot may > have been working on the Canals as I can't find them on any Census. I know > they called their occupation "seamen" but don't know where until I read > about men who worked on the Canals and took their families with them. > You said your ancestors were 'seamen'. They could actually have been at sea, and you may not see them on census. There is also a MARINERS list which has a lot of very useful information. You join it in the same way as you did with CANAL-PEOPLE Good searching, Sylvia Looking for: WHITEHOUSE Oxford/Berks/Warks/Wilts EACOTT Berks/Bristol EMENS/HEMENS Berks FRENCH Berks COPPUCK/COPPOCK Oxford/Berks