In a message dated 04/11/2009 11:55:59 GMT Standard Time, k_liddell@btinternet.com writes: Can anyone advise about specific ship building/repair records in Jarrow in 1877? Kath: Your first stop when seeking any records of any Tyneside industry should be Tyne and Wear Archives, Blandford House, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne. Their web-site has a catalogue of their holdings. The main yard in Jarrow would be Palmer's but youcould also look for anything from Redheads and, indeed a ny other with Jarrow, Hebburn, Tyne Dock or South Shields as their address Geoff Nicholson