Hi Sharon, You dont mention the name you are associating with cotton weavers; it might help. Having post registration records, the occupation of folk is often given. You never know, you might find an association with the same name in this group. I can associate cotton weavers with Kirkintilloch so I did a Google search in case it turned up anything. ;-) The whole results are just too numerous not to pass them on to you. Hope it helps. http://tinyurl.com/2kkxrb Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Howell" <[email protected]> > In beginning preparations for a trip to the Dunbartonshire area this summer, > I've been reviewing some long-neglected research from 5-6 years ago about my > 2 x and 3 x great grandparents who grew up in the area but migrated to the > U.S. around 1874. I suspect that other relatives were left behind when this > migration happened, as I know is often the case. I also was reminded that > they were cotton weavers. Can anyone give me any information about this, or > about sites where I might learn more about that industry as it existed > around the 1860 time frame? > > Sharon Erickson Howell