Hello Ann, this site is not a bad place to start. Silk weavers in Chilvers Cotton would most likely have been out workers for the large merchants in Coventry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/local-history/a-brief-history-of-cash-s-in-coventry.shtml Happy reading, Betty. >From: "ann menzies" <barmenz@bigpond.net.au> >To: <WARWICK-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [WAR] Coventry-Silk Industry >Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:28:52 +1000 >Mhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/local-history/a-brief-history-of-cash-s-in-coventry.shtmlIME-Version: >1.0 >Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com ([66.43.27.39]) by >bay0-mc2-f14.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, >31 Oct 2007 00:29:14 -0700 >Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.39])by >lists2.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9V7T7rk003859for ><williamsonbetty@hotmail.com>; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:29:12 -0600 >Received: from mail2.rootsweb.com ([192.168.65.46])by lists2.rootsweb.com >(8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9V7T5fu003848for ><WARWICK@lists2.rootsweb.com>; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:29:05 -0600 >Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail2.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.44])by >mail2.rootsweb.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l9V7Sn8n006841for ><WARWICK@lists2.rootsweb.com>; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:28:49 -0600 >Received: from omta01sl.mx.bigpond.com >(omta01sl.mx.bigpond.com[144.140.92.153])by mail.rootsweb.com >(8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l9V7SDfA019501for <WARWICK-L@rootsweb.com>; >Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:28:48 -0600 >Received: from oaamta01sl.mx.bigpond.com ([121.223.15.223])by >omta01sl.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP >id<20071031072809.NRSF26650.omta01sl.mx.bigpond.com@oaamta01sl.mx.bigpond.com>for ><WARWICK-L@rootsweb.com>; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:28:09 +0000 >Received: from p31f7aae569efa ([121.223.15.223])by >oaamta01sl.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTPid ><20071031072809.ZVAS23516.oaamta01sl.mx.bigpond.com@p31f7aae569efa>for ><WARWICK-L@rootsweb.com>; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:28:09 +0000 >X-Message-Delivery: Vj0zLjQuMDt1cz0wO2k9MDtsPTA7YT0w >X-Message-Info: >R00BdL5giqpEbMg4GZtP4QioLnV6pfXSjLpSO5ciNfeDPTADe+T6X3ng2QPU8U30nUvPGl7irp3JwSj1x8iUQw== >X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 >Thread-Index: Acgbj6+hKIJXZaAyRg22c0nPZzTm1w== >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 192.168.65.46 >X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.7 >X-BeenThere: warwick@rootsweb.com >X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 >Precedence: list >List-Id: <warwick.rootsweb.com> >X-Loop: WARWICK@rootsweb.com >X-Member: WARWICK@rootsweb.com >List-Unsubscribe: ><http://lists2.rootsweb.com/mailman/listinfo/warwick>,<mailto:warwick-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe> >List-Archive: <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=warwick> >List-Post: <mailto:warwick@rootsweb.com> >List-Help: <mailto:warwick-request@rootsweb.com?subject=help> >List-Subscribe: ><http://lists2.rootsweb.com/mailman/listinfo/warwick>,<mailto:warwick-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe> >Errors-To: w+-arwick-bounce+williamsonbetty=hotmail.com@rootsweb.com >Return-Path: warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Oct 2007 07:29:14.0400 (UTC) >FILETIME=[BCED4A00:01C81B8F] > >Thank you very much to all who have replied to my enquiry so far. > >I will get around to absorbing it all soon. > >Ann >Australia > >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.13/1099 - Release Date: >30/10/2007 >10:06 AM > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.com/