At 22:51 9/15/99, Blauch, David wrote: >> > >On the subject of the Union Canal, is there a good source of information >about the operation of the canal, the employees, employment records, etc.? >I have a different ancestor who supposedly worked as a carpenter for the >Union Canal. (Perhaps he built locks?) Are there records that I might >examine? If so, where? > >Dave > Hi Dave & All! I have a couple of publications of the Lebanon Co Historical Society written by Deam M. Augnst about the canals of Lebanon Co. In Vol XIV No 1 of 1966 (copyright 1968), "The Two Canals of Lebanon County" he lists the following "new" sources: documents of the Union Canal in the possession of the Historical Society of Berks County, the LEHMAN diaries in the possession of our own Society (Lebanon Co Hist Soc), and two books on canal surveys in the possession of Mr. Arthur Feeman a member of our Society." The older sources include "Reverand J.G. Francis' paper on the Union Canal and Judge George B. Haas' 'History of Pine Grove'". Mr. Aungst's other publication, "The Union Canal and the Lehmans, 1828-1885" is Vol XVI No 4, copyright 1985, and mentions sources as the William Lehman diaries, the Benjamin Bringhurst Lehman diaries, history notes and sketches from the official annual reports of the Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania. Some of this information was found at the Lebanon County Historical Society as well as the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (the Lehman diaries and unpublished history notes and sketches of the George M. Lehman Collection and annual reports of the Canal Company.) -Linnea