Gill, we're going to Dunbartonshire this summer, and I've been away from genealogy for several years and am just now getting back into it. What 3 Scottish censuses do you have access to, and can they be accessed from home? Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 11:54 AM Subject: [DUNB] bonhill > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: cunningham, bell, ferguson, mcrae > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.dnb.general/2615/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > with now having access to three scottish censuses, I have found that most > of my anscestors in Bonhill were linked to the calico trade. They are > listed as calico printers or block printers. Does anyone with knowledge of > the area know anything about the industry in Bonhill? Some of the children > are listed as tearers. What does this mean? Why did people move to Bonhill > from outside the town at this time? thanks for any info. > Gill > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

http://www.futuremuseum.co.uk/Default.aspx?Id=435 The above link is colourful and may be of interest about key industries and the start of the calico printing industry in Scotland. It apparently dates back even earlier http://www.theglasgowstory.com/story.php?id=TGSBE and about Bonhill here: http://tinyurl.com/sw2rr Janet Name interests: ROWAT, CHESTER. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Howell" <[email protected]> > Gill, we're going to Dunbartonshire this summer, and I've been away from > genealogy for several years and am just now getting back into it. What 3 > Scottish censuses do you have access to, and can they be accessed from home? > Sharon >