[Genealib] Erie Water West

[Mary Ann Conrad]

Tom,
We have an ancestor who worked on the Erie Canal in 1829. Would this 
book have a list of companies or people who helped build the canal?

Mary Ann Conrad
Arlington Gen. Society

At 09:41 AM 6/11/2009, you wrote:
>Tracy - We have this title in our collection.
>Erie Water West has the subtitle "A History of the Erie Canal 
>1792-1854", 449 pages, Univ of KY Press, 1966, paperback edition 
>1990. It is a good history of the canal but does not list names of 
>those who traveled via the canal.
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>Tom Neel, Library Director
>Ohio Genealogical Society
>713 S Main St
>Mansfield OH 44907
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>From: <mailto:tluscombe at mckinneytexas.org>Tracy Luscombe
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>Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4:52 PM
>Subject: [Genealib] Erie Water West
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>Does anyone own this book? The local genealogy society is 
>considering ordering it for our collections thinking it might have 
>names of some who settled in Ohio. Can anyone testify to it's 
>worthiness for a genealogy collection?
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>Tracy E. Luscombe
>Genealogy Librarian
>McKinney Public Library System
>101 E. Hunt Street
>McKinney, TX 75069
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