In case anyone has fishing ancestors in Whitehaven, this snippet from the Lancaster Gazette dated 28 June 1828 may be of interest: "Herrings have begun to make their appearance off Whitehaven. A few were taken by the Parton boats last week which took a ready market at 3d. per fish." I wondered if the Parton boats were owned by people of that name or if they are a type of boat? The snippet doesn't say. It also struck me that 3d. for a herring seems quite a high price to pay for 1828 - would this make them a delicacy rather than food for working people? -- Cheers, Anne mailto:docwras@yahoo.co.uk Archive CD Books from http://www.archivecdbooks.org help me with the Docwra Family Research Project http://resource.at/docwra