Hi All.....some interesting new Lists from Rod Neep....... Cheers.........Heather List Admin - ENG-CUL heatherfig@rogers.com ===================================================================== British-Genealogy.com has a new set of mailing lists devoted to topical aspects of family history. http://www.british-genealogy.com TOPICAL MAILING LISTS * Ancestors Lifestyle A mailing list specifically for discussion about how our ancestors lived. Everything from tin baths to outside toilets, regional foods, etc. * Canals & Watermen A mailing list specifically for discussion about history and family history relating to canals and watermen. * Census (British) A mailing list specifically for discussion about British censuses, and how to get the most out of them for family history research. * Emigrants A mailing list specifically for those who had ancestors who emigrated from Britain to America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, etc. How did they go about it, why did they do it? * Institutions (work-houses & hospitals) A mailing list specifically for discussion and help on institutions, such as work-houses, hospitals, etc. and how they relate to family history. * Mariners A mailing list specifically for discussion about British mariners, seafarers and the British navy, as it relates to history and family history. * Newspapers A mailing list specifically for discussion about old newspapers and where to locate them, obituaries, etc. and the use of old newspapers in family history research. * Occupations This mailing list is for the discussion of trades and occupations relating to history and family history. * Parish Law (poor law, settlement, bastardy, etc.) This mailing list is specifically for the discussion of parish law, poor law, rights of settlement, and bastardy, etc. as the law related to our ancestors. * Railwaymen A mailing list specifically for discussion of ancestors who were employed railwaymen, and the history of the various British railway companies. * Reading old documents A mailing list specifically for discussion about how to read old documents such as parish registers, wills, etc. Old handwriting, Latin in old documents, etc. * Sojourners (circus people, travellers, etc.) This mailing list is specifically for discussion about "sojourners" - people who are visitors to a parish (passing through), such as gypsies, travellers, circus and fairground people, travelling hawkers, railway labourers, etc. People who are, not surprisingly, difficult to track down in our family history research. * Town life A mailing list specifically for discussion about life in towns and cities as applied to family history research. * Village life A mailing list specifically for discussion about village and rural life as applied to our ancestors and family history research. Farmers, agricultural labourers, cottagers, etc. To subscribe to any of these mailing lists, or the British county mailing lists to help you with your family history research, go to: http://www.british-genealogy.com