Hi Marg My father was listed as an engineer on his death certificate and my mother spoke of him as an engineer. As far as I knew, he never went to formal schooling for it as one must do today, but he did work on some aspect of building airplanes at Samlesbury Aerodrome, near Blackburn/Preston during WW11. Hope that adds to your inquiry. Renie -----Original Message----- From: marg o'leary Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 7:35 PM To: Lancsgen Subject: [LAN] Holmes family of Haslingden. 1920s -1940s Hi all The family I am following is that of William James Holmes (b 1888 Kendal,) an engineer and his wife, Winifred Wareing. >From BMD they had the following children: James H 1921 Grace 1922 Florence 1923 Gladys 1925 Margaret 1927 Marion 1930 Peter 1934 David 1936 Frank 1941 I seem to be having trouble finding them later eg death, marriage, and wondering what happened. What would have been the engineering jobs in Haslingden in 1920s to 40s? For an engineer in the 1940s, where should I be looking? I imagine the war would have had an impact on engineering then. regards Marg OLeary Port Stephens NSW :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

in the 1950's if you worked as a machinist in a metal machine shop they would call you an engineer. Mike Morris Toronto Canada ----- Original Message ----- > From: Renie McKee <reniemckee@comcast.net> > To: lancsgen@rootsweb.com > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 8:21:01 PM > > My father was listed as an engineer on his death certificate and my mother > spoke of him as an engineer. As far as I knew, he never went to formal > schooling for it as one must do today, but he did work on some aspect of > building airplanes <snip>

Thanks Mike. Also I have been using free bmd which goes to 1983, how do you access the later records? regards Marg OLeary Port Stephens NSW