John Linton writes: >Hello Roger >It looks like it could be Workington Iron and Steel >Company,...good chance that some of our well >informed colleagues will be able to give >you more. <snip> > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Zimmer House" <zimmerhouse@bellsouth.net> >To: <ENG-CUL-COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 6:56 PM >Subject: [CUL-COP] WI&S Co., in Workington > > >> While researching a relative, I came across a reference >>for the WI&S Company in Workington in 1915. Efforts >>to find the full name of that company using a search >>engine have been fruitless. Does anyone know what >>company it might have been and anything about it? <snip> Ah yes. Well worked out. This is where the National Register of Archives comes in so handy. Go to its site, put 'Workington' into the placename search, and you'll get a list of archives for Workington companies. http://www.hmc.gov.uk/nra/place_simple.htm In this case, there are three archives. The most likely one would seem to be '1850s-1981 : corporate, accounting, production and staff records' held at the Corus Colors Regional Records Centre. You can try using the contact address; or (a sneaky tip) you could try contacting by email the staff at the NRA Public Search Room at Chancery Lane, London. They have a catalogue of the archive and, in my experience, are very happy to look things up. They might give you a reference number quickly that you could then give to the Corus archive staff to look up the actual record. Chris chris@dickinson.uk.net