> The knowledge of why members of the family moved is intriguing. Sometimes
Well, I know why the families - both my husband's parents' - came to Canada: they followed the call of "Free Land" - of course nothing in life is free. Granddad paid dearly, had a good job as payroll clerk at the mine in Darton, YKS, and ended up a farmer who lost everything - due to a fire - nine months after setting foot in Canada. All he had was that 'free land' that still had to be cleared to make it suitable for farming..... > in England, which may give me the clue I need. I really do sympathise with > those trying to trace their family from outside the UK. I have not found any problems - except with the size of my wallet ;-( Where parish registers are accessible on film, I use the facilities of the Mormons, the Family History Centre. For certificates, I use FreeBMD where possible (on-line), and the indices on fiche at the FHC. Then save up my pennies to order them from England. > Now as yet, I haven't found a lacemaker in my ancestry - but you can be sure > that if I found one, I would follow that link avidly. I live in hope of Yes, ditto here. When browsing the 1881 census, I have found a number of bobbin turners, bobbin winders (probably to do with the weaving industry, not lace making), and even some lace-makers. None of them my husband's family though. > myself with yeomen farmers, miners, workers in the cotton industry, > shepherds and labourers. Waterman, joiner, shipwright, boot & shoe dealer, servant, salt worker, are some of the trades I found amongst the family. I have the 1881 index here at home - anyone interested how many bobbin turners, lace workers, lace makers, etc, there were in each county in England? Shouldn't be too hard to sort them out... Greetings from Beautiful British Columbia Esther Perry To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
