Burscough Boatmen- their marriages and their boats"

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Burscough Boatmen- their marriages and their boats"

Post by slewis »

Hi all
Would any one have a copy of this book by Robert Cheetham-Houghton, and could tell me if it has much if any infomation on the Cheetham family shuch as marriages or any info that may help me.
Kind regards Sue

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Burscough Boatmen: Their Marriages and Their Boats

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Hi Sue,
That book is available from Amazon.UK for under £6 in paperback. Found these reviews that I thought you would find interesting.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Burscough Boatmen, 6 Oct 2005
By Mrs. Jennifer P. Garner.
This review is from: Burscough Boatmen: Their Marriages and Their Boats (Paperback)
I read this book last year, and was thrilled to see my greatgrangfather and mother's names appear in the list of marriges, it gave a valuable insight into life on the canal.
The only down side I feel were, no links to go elsewhere for more information, on boat names, old maps of the area, tracing who owned what boats. valuable information for tracing your family tree.

4.0 out of 5 stars Burscough Boatmen, 9 Nov 2009
By Mrs. M. B. Ralph
This review is from: Burscough Boatmen: Their Marriages and Their Boats (Paperback)
The book arrived in excellent condition and was what I expected it to be.
I bought it because I thought it might help me to get a better picture of
my ancestors, (some of whom were 'Boatmen' and their families.) and their
living conditions.

There is a list of marriages which I found informative and helpful, and I
will be including it as part of the 'family tree', which I am compiling
for my own family.

4.0 out of 5 stars Burscough Boatmen, 3 April 2009
By jeani (Lancashire England
This review is from: Burscough Boatmen: Their Marriages and Their Boats (Paperback)
I have been doing Family History research and this book was really helpful with regard to the marriages of my ancestors.


There are more reviews from other sources if you google the book title inside quotes ["].

And found this link that you may already have: http://www.boatfamilies.org.uk/site/index.php
It will open at the basic search page. Type in just the surname Cheetham and get 130 [!] Cheetham people! :shock:

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Amazon link

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This is the Amazon link for this book is but it is currently out of stock. Were these canal boats or Mersey flats?

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Looks like News from Nowhere might have it in stock. If you click to order it seems the advertised price is incorrect, it is only £5.95 not £7.50
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.........and there's one on Ebay at £5.95 plus £1.50 postage!
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slewis

Post by slewis »

Hi all
Thank you for your help I have managed to get hold of a copy from Amazon.
Thanks again kind regards Sue

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