Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

http://www.boatfamilies.org.uk/
http://www.canalrivertrust.org.uk
http://www.virtualwaterways.co.uk
thewaterwaystrust merged with the Canalrivertrust in 2012

The Maritime Museums hold Shipping Registers - check Liverpool and Runcorn and any others near.

Watermen would originally have been a bargeman, however, depending on the date, he might also have been river police involved in the catching of smugglers and generally policing the canals.

Interesting reading for London Watermen
https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/london-wa ... 20639.html
https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/london-wa ... 20266.html