My Ancestor Was a Railway Worker
Details:
- Author(s) Hardy, Frank
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2009
- Pages 109pp; illus
- Publisher Society of Genealogists
- Place Published London
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Guide for genealogists and family historians but much of use for business history. More a source of information describing and explaining the industry than a guide to specific sources of information. Sections include: 'Introduction' / 'Construction of new railways'; 'Buiklding the trains'; 'Maintaining the infrastructure'; 'Maintaining the trains'; 'Operating the railway'; 'Commercial activity'; 'Fire, police, ambulance'; 'Accidents'; 'Pension funds and trade unions'; 'Miscellaneous'; London Transport Records'; 'Where to look'; 'Case studies of a railway family'; 'Towns served by more than one railway company'