Author |
Wilkes, Sue |
Title |
Tracing your canal ancestors : a guide for family historians / Sue Wilkes. |
Published |
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword, 2011. |
Description |
x, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Series |
Family history from Pen and Sword Books |
Summary |
Her book is essential reading for anyone interested in this aspect of the industrial past. --Book Jacket. |
She concentrates on the people who lived and worked on the waterways - the canal boatmen, their families and their way of life - and those who depended on the canal trade for a living - the lock-keepers, toll collectors, and canal company clerks. She provides a thorough, practical guide to the sources - the archives, books, websites, societies - available for researchers if they are studying our inland waterways, or trying to find out about an ancestor who worked on the canals or was connected with them. -- |
Britain's Industrial Revolution depended on canals for the cheap movement of materials and goods - until the coming of the railways. Canal companies struggled to compete and went into a long decline, but much of the canal network is still with us today, and interest in the history and heritage of canals - and those who worked on them - is strong. That is why Sue Wilkes's well researched and highly readable handbook on the subject is so valuable. -- |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [190]-195) and index. |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Canal Pioneers -- ch. 2 Keeping Britain Moving -- ch. 3 Life on the Cut -- ch. 4 Smith's Crusade -- ch. 5 `Cunning Men' -- ch. 6 `Boater Kids' -- A.Starting Your Research -- A1.Family History Basics, Censuses and More -- A2.Health (Canal Boat) Registers -- A3.Gauging Tables (Registers) and Other Company Records -- B.Archives and Repositories -- B1.The National Archives (TNA) -- B2.Local Record Offices in England and Wales -- B3.Waterways Archives and Other Specialist Repositories -- B4.Archives and Family History Help in Scotland -- B5.Archives and Family History Help in Ireland and Northern Ireland -- C.Family History Help in England and Wales -- D.Canal and Transport Societies and Websites -- E.Early Registers of Boats and Barges -- F.Places to Visit. |
Subjects |
Boaters (Persons) -- Great Britain -- Genealogy |
Inland water transportation -- Great Britain -- Employees -- History -- Sources |
Canals -- Great Britain -- History |
Inland water transportation -- Great Britain -- History |
Great Britain -- Genealogy. |
Great Britain -- Genealogy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. |