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Railway records of employees
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Sue | Report | 6 Mar 2006 04:59 |
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Does anyone have any info regarding the availability of railway employees' records in the 1800s in England? Any help would be very much appreciated. |
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Lynn | Report | 6 Mar 2006 06:55 |
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Hi Sue, You could try the National Archives website, they hold a lot of railway records there at Kew. I got a book from the library, called ' Was your grandfather a railway man?' by Tom Richards. This tells you the type of records that are available and also gives references to the various rail companies, that you can use to track the details you want at the National Archives. If you find what you want, you can then order copies. Hope thatt has helped and good luck Lynn Lyons |
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Glen In Tinsel Knickers | Report | 6 Mar 2006 10:28 |
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Sue If you type 'railway' in the thread search there are many Q's and A's about the railways,with links to different sites. I did visit some just out of curiousity and found some had photographs complete with complete and incomplete names of the people and places in the pictures. Sorry i can't actually remember the site addys,it was a while ago now. Glen |
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Christine in Herts | Report | 6 Mar 2006 14:24 |
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My g-g-father was an employee of GWR. His personnel records are at Kew. Christine |
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Heather | Report | 6 Mar 2006 14:45 |
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Rootsweb has a mailing list for railway employees enquiries. |
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Unknown | Report | 6 Mar 2006 16:05 |
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National Archives research guide on railway staff records at Kew: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=124 |
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Sue Lambrini Smith | Report | 6 Mar 2006 18:28 |
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Whoops..... thought i was seeing double then ! Didnt know there were 2 of us, lol. Sue |
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Joy | Report | 6 Mar 2006 19:26 |
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2 X Sue Smiths!! :-) |
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Sue Lambrini Smith | Report | 6 Mar 2006 22:58 |
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Lol Joy..... and my hubby works on the trains ..... so we have something else in common ..... Sue ;-))) |
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Susan | Report | 6 Mar 2006 23:03 |
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Hi Sue, You must have read my mind, I was going to ask this tonight. I know my Great uncle worked on the railways ( and was killed falling off a train) but there is also family gossip he was a Royal Train Driver when it came up North, so National Archives here I go. Another Sue |
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Historyman | Report | 7 Mar 2006 00:05 |
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Sue, You may be interested to know that Family Tree Magazine feature article March 2006 was 'Ancestors on the Railway'. April 2006 features part 2 of this feature. You should still be able to get copies of both mags at W.H. Smiths. Ray Whincup |
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