Ancestry new Railway records

[Mike Fisher]

Hi All

Can anyone piont me in the direction of the new 2million plus railway employee records on Ancestry. Just heard Tony Robinson on radio 4 talking about them but can't find them on Ancestry.co.uk

[LangleyValeSue]

Mike

I think this is the search page you need.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1728

[LangleyValeSue]

Thanks for posting this. It was just the nudge I needed. I've just found my great grandfather's records

[margaretmarch]

Thanks for putting up this link it prompted me to look for someone we have been researching on this site on the adoptions board.
Margaret

[Jill on the A272]

I've just found the Edwin Bent the bent copper who deserted his wife and children, bigamously married a pub landlady's daughter and ran a pub in Llandudno - then got a job with the railway police! (his dad, a police supertintendant have pulled some strings) so thanks for putting up the link. (There's a date of death too as he died in service.)

[Sherbertrose]

I have a few ancestors who worked on the railways but can't find them - very frustrating!!!

Sandra

[Mary from Italy]

What a shame, it doesn't include the GNR, which is the only one I was interested in.

[Mike Fisher]

Mike

I think this is the search page you need.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1728

thanks I have found out my grandfather worked for a fortnight and then left !!!

Help if I do a search on Ancestry.co.uk for the surname Artiss does not come up with this database

[Joy Dean]

A few years later and I might have found me in the records

[Guest]

I got a few hits wth the surname Artiss on there Mike? whats his first name ?

[Mike Fisher]

I got a few hits wth the surname Artiss on there Mike? whats his first name ?

Hi Val

I can find them by searching the specific database quoted, but if I search from the general old search on the main home page the database does not show up in list of databases with hits. (just tried it again)

[Guest]

you could save the link to your favourites on there ? do you have your tree on Ancestry ?

[clematised]

Does anyone know if Liverpool Manchester Railway records are on there Edward Thomas Lloyd Railway clerk

Edna

[Mary from Italy]

I don't think so - there's a list here of the companies whose records are included:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1728

[clematised]

I am not sure which railway he worked for but a possible sighting in an 1861 census gave a clue to that line but I cant find my copy of it but Edward Thomas Lloyd was pre India Railways working as a railway clerk while in Liverpool.


Edna

[jebbo]

Just found my great grandfather Timothy White