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harriett

harriett Report 17 Apr 2007 08:16

hi is it poss that the railway kept logs of their employees i have family that worked on the railways most of their lives in the 1870s to the 1920s . is it poss to trace people through them-- find out what they did---if they worked over seas for them and so on if so who do i contacted dawn xx

Newby CI

Newby CI Report 17 Apr 2007 08:25

My family also worked on the railways. Do you know which company they worked for? Also some employee,s rented cottages off the company. Kim

harriett

harriett Report 17 Apr 2007 08:31

no sorry i dont know . 4xgrandfather yaxley huntington then nottingham with 3x grandfather. the reason im asking is i think my 3xgranfather went to india for awhile after is first wife died about 1918 and i wondered if this was with the railway . dawn xx

harriett

harriett Report 17 Apr 2007 08:42

i have to go to work now , but please leave your messages and i promise to get back to you and thank you for your help dawn x

harriett

harriett Report 17 Apr 2007 12:17

nudge for afternoon shift

Ivy

Ivy Report 17 Apr 2007 14:04

The National Railway Museum's website suggests that there may well be quite a few places to look for staff records. Try this page as a starting point: www.nrm.org.uk/research/othersources.asp

Krissie

Krissie Report 17 Apr 2007 15:01

Try googling 'railway employees'+archives and you will get lots of sites, including the National Archives. Good luck!

TOR

TOR Report 17 Apr 2007 19:16

Dawn try and get hold of a copy of Was your grandfather a Railwayman? It is a directory of railway archive sources for family historians published by the Federation of Family History Societies. Author Tom Richards. I ordered it thru the FFHS website. Some of the employee records have a 75 year closure rule. Also check out A2A website (Think it stands for access to archives). T.O.R. ;o))