In a message dated 21/12/2006 14:35:15 GMT Standard Time, john.harker@ntlworld.com writes: Wonder if any one can help a friend of mine who hasn't a computer. Some of her ancestors worked in the Glass trade This is part of her letter , I send her cuttings from the Echo on things I think may interest her, she was born in Sunderland but lives in Hertfordshire Quote, I have always been led to believe that there are very few, if any records relating to glassworkers Does any one know if there are records of glassworkers? _______________________________________________________________________ I doubt that there would be any surviving records of the individual ordinary glassworker. There are plenty of records of the glassworks and their owners. You could use the censuses to find named glassworkers. In the 1851 Census there were 1,730 workers in glass manufacture in Durham. There were 21 glassworks operating in Sunderland 1780-1914, but only two survived well into the 20th century. Regards Stan Mapstone