My Grandmothers parents also migrated from Kings Lynn in Norfolk to Yorkshire under the same scheme. Martin Clowes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenys Travis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Migration of Suffolk farm hands to Australia/Canada > Good morning > > I have a family of Harringtons who migrated to Lancashire (not as drastic > as Australia) in the late 19th C, 1871-72. The youngsters found work in > the Iron and Textile industries. I have heard that travel from Suffolk to > Lancashire by canal boat was offered as an inducement. > > Does anyone know how such families were recruited? Did local newspapers > carry advertisements? > > Glenys (Travis) > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > SPAMfighter has removed 13183 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > Do you have a slow PC? Try Free scan > http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message