Sorry this was meant to go to the list Patricia ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [CUL-COP] Blacksmiths > Chris > I am trying to make a connection here and the connection is Lamplugh > My grandfather was a Blacksmith he married into a family that where Iron ore > Miners, his family where all in Weaving, his father was a tailor. > But the two postings you have put on list where both from Lamplugh and my > grandfather was a blacksmith in Lamplugh, was it known for apprentice > Blacksmiths, was there a large forge there! > Sorry to mess up your experiment ( I know there's always one) Let me know > when you get to Nursing. > > Patricia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris Dickinson <chris@dickinson.uk.net> > To: <ENG-CUL-COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 8:49 PM > Subject: [CUL-COP] Blacksmiths > > > > Hi All > > > > I want to try an experiment. > > > > People tend to marry into familes of the same profession or > > trade. I'd like to see whether a collection of [blacksmiths, > > grocers, doctors, etc.] will help you to make links. > > > > We'll try this with BLACKSMITHS and, if it works, do some others > > later. > > > > So ... please have a look through your files and post any > > examples, at any period, that you have of blacksmiths in > > Cumberland. > > > > Unless you are posting something like a trade directory, please > > use the format: > > > > Subject line: Blacksmiths - SURNAME > > > > Message body: > > > > (1) details of the blacksmith or the family > > > > (2) any families that they married into: SURNAME 1, SURNAME 2, > > etc.. > > > > (3) comments, stories, queries, brickwalls, whatever. > > > > > > Chris > > chris@dickinson.uk.net > > ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-admin@rootsweb.com > > ENG-CUL-COPELAND-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >