You don't give any dates? There was a report on the Highlands and one recommendation was to improvement. Roads were built, with many bridges, harbours were improved and complete new villages with harbours were built. The Caledonian Canal was built near here. Thomas Telford was of course very active in much of this work but there were others involved. There were a series of reports Commission for Highland Roads & Bridges, 4th Report, 1809 Commission for Highland Roads & Bridges, 9th Report, 1821 Seem to be one every year Scotland is well served with online resources, these reports are on Am Baile along with a lot more http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/ You might find your ancestor's name there or in other records. If you can mention of any places then the National Library of Scotland has most old maps of Scotland online, lots of things on ScotlandsPlaces which links to the RCAHMS Canmore and SCRAN. Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mrs L. McCulloch Sent: 24 November 2013 16:42 To: cheshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [CHS] Horse Teams Ruth, I agree with Marjorie. I have followed the discussion with interest. Never worry about veering off topic. Regards, Lyn PS I have an ancestor who was a 'Contractor' and built roads and a harbour in Scotland. I am still not sure exactly what his job consisted of. His son was an engineer so I think the Father was, too. It's not easy to find out exactly what people did. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message