Do you have any basis for your suggestion they might have been sent to Ireland as a punishment or for other reasons. I found that my father's CHESTER line were in Ireland and I am absolutely stumped as to why, other than they originated there. I know they couldn't have. The name is English, a City there as most of us know, but I do need to track them back there. You've made an interesting comment. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > > Janet > Thanks for the additional web sites. Now saved to my favorites. My BROWN > line was employed as calico block printers. > The next question is open to anyone. > Is there a repository of company employment records for the various textile > firms available for searching, > My other question were these trades sent to Northern Ireland to start > factories there? Or as punishment for tax reasons. > Thanks for reading