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Canal Boat Registration – Canal Boats Act, 1877<\/h3>\n

Canal Boat Registration – Canal Boats Act, 1877 When campaigners were pushing the Canal Boats Act through parliament in 1877 the improvement of the cramped and often poor quality accommodation found on canal boats had been their major motivation. Particular … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/a> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Yorkshire’s watermen in the census, 3rd April 1881<\/h3>\n

Yorkshire’s watermen in the census, 3rd April 1881   During the “Covid years” the 1881 census records for Yorkshire were researched to identify and record every waterman plying his trade on the county’s canals and rivers.  1881 was chosen as … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/a> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Yorkshire’s Watermen – Family History Research<\/h3>\n

Yorkshire’s Watermen – family history research   Detailed research has been undertaken into twenty watermen, identifying their ancestors and descendants, enabling examination of their lives through time, including the contribution made by canal boat registrations. While not a purely random … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/a> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Literacy among Yorkshire’s Watermen<\/h3>\n

Illiteracy among Yorkshire’s watermen   In Sue Wilkes’  guide for family historians Tracing Your Canal Ancestors. A Guide for Family Historians. (2011) she pointed to illiteracy among boatmen as potentially having created \u201cgaps in the census\u201d. She referred to speculation by George … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/a> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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