Hi Mary If you want the original poster to receive your message, you'll need to post on the message board at <http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52596.1/mb.ashx> Kind regards, Lynne mason mary <mm001o7880@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >Further to my last e-mail, I have been surfing the net and not found >anything in Burnley or Preston or even in Manchester, maybe others have a >better knowledge of how to search deeper than I have. Only found one thing >that looks good from Queen Street Mill near Burnley >queenstmill@lancashire.gov.uk they have 7,000 books, journals & other items >for consultation (with prior arrangements) for the public to view. Might be >worth a visit if only for the historical side of it. My family go back to >the mid 1600's in Burnley and all of them in the mills, let me know what >you find. >Mary > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: mason mary <mm001o7880@blueyonder.co.uk> >Date: 13 January 2014 15:55 >Subject: Fwd: [LAN] Burnley Lancashire Mills in 19th / early 20th Century - >the workers? >To: lancsgen <lancsgen@rootsweb.com> > > >There is a website but not seen anything regarding the actual workers, you >could e-mail to ask them weaverstriangle.yahoo.co.uk other than that the >records of the mills are probably kept at the archives in Burnley or >Preston, if any exist of course. >Mary > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> >Date: 13 January 2014 11:13 >Subject: Re: [LAN] Burnley Lancashire Mills in 19th / early 20th Century - >the workers? >To: LANCSGEN-L@rootsweb.com > > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Author: whitesfan1930 >Surnames: >Classification: queries > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52596.1/mb.ashx > >Message Board Post: > >Hi Bradley > >The following might be helpful > >Burnley was Mills for Weaving not cotton spinning > >there are 3 Museums, In Burnley > >!. Towneley Hall Museum > >2. Queens Street Textile Mill Museum > >3. The Weaver's Triangle Visitor centres > >it would be possible that these museums would have list of workers in the >1800s > >you can contact them by telephone, I didn't see any e'mail address's > >Regards James > >Important Note: >The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would >like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and >respond on the board. >