Dear All, Can anyone tell me if there is a means of finding workers on the early building of the canals, 1780-1800? Thanks

Such archive material that exists is mainly with the Canal and River Trust, Waterways Archive *http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/national-waterways-museum/the-museum-collections/the-waterways-archive *although other material does exist elsewhere (at The National Archives, and in local archive services). As regards individual navigators, you are unlikely to find any details. You mau find details of undertakers, in terms of contracts between the canal company and said undertakers. I would also suggest that you are unlikely to be able to find the relevant material without some detailed help - there is a long way to go on indexing some of this stuff. I would suggest a letter to one of the specialist magazines, such as Narrowboat http://www.narrowboatmagazine.com/ or to one of the specialist societies, such as the Railway and Canal Historical Society http://www.rchs.org.uk/trial/gwpf.php?wpage=home You may at least get responses that tell you which canal he was likely to be working on, and where what archives there are exist. regards Keith Drage Swindon UK On 04/04/2014 11:21, Vivien Emons wrote: > Dear All, > Can anyone tell me if there is a means of finding workers on the early building of the canals, 1780-1800? > Thanks > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > . >