Now back to the serious stuff. Other than family history I have a huge interest in the Pilots of the Bristol channel and the boats they used, mainly Cardiff based. I have spent a long time going through the records of the Cardiff pilots held at the Glamorgan records office and have really only just scratched the surface. There are a huge amount of documents.( A new job stopped my regular visits to the records office) If anyone has a Licensed Channel pilot in their family tree I would be interested to know about them. The trade seems to have been kept within certain families, in most of the ports along the Bristol Channel. A large proportion of the Cardiff Pilots seem to have originated in West Wales. Others from Gloucester and Bristol. Regards Phil T.C.M.

On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:23:07 +0100, <PRode18115@aol.com> wrote: > Other than family history I have a huge interest in the Pilots of the > Bristol channel and the boats they used, mainly Cardiff based. > If anyone has a Licensed Channel pilot in their family tree I would be > interested to know about them. > A large proportion of the Cardiff Pilots seem to have originated in West > Wales. Others from Gloucester and Bristol. Hi Phil, William GOODLAND, an ancestor of mine, was included in a list of Pill pilots from 1823 in a message on the Bristol_and_Somerset list on Wednesday 22nd. June 2005: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Bristol_and_Somerset/2005-06/1119457960 You might be interested in some of the other names of Pill pilots there. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah The Glamorganshire Canal www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com