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Does anyone know if there are any usful records kept of miners in the 1800's. I have a lot of relatives who were miners and if there were some such records they may be of help to me.

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Try this link.

http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk/Leaflets/ri2142.htm

John.

Try this one too.

http://www.cyndislist.com/mining.htm

If you know the name or areas of the mines/pits etc. try searching along that line.
What did they mine, by the way? Most of my lot were lead miners in Shropshire.

Hi,
Sorry to but in on this thread. I'm not as far back as you are but my family were tin miners in Cornwall certainly as far back as the late 1800's.
I am trying to trace some information on my paternal grandfather, who I never knew. He emigrated to Australia (as a tin miner I beleive)when my father was a baby and died before my grandmother and father could join him.
He would have left UK sometime after 1923 (my fathers birth) but appart from that I have no information.
Most of the sites I have looked at only deal with earlier dates than this or need more information.
Any ideas on where I can look for more information on this? I would love to learn when, where and how he died.

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Clive, do you know where in Austraila he went. One posibility might be to try and get a Death Certificate from Austraila. I know there are a few Austrialian FH users so it might be worth posting another thread to get their attention, as I do not know how easy that might be.
This site looks possible if you want to try that approach.
http://www.coraweb.com.au/bdmaut.htm#online

If you think NSW is possible they have a free index search for Deaths

Hi,
There's a link on the Cornish Family History site to a website on Cornish miners. Also in your Public Records Office you may find a very heavy volume listing mine fatalities. Some areas of the country were not included, and I'm not sure if it included the mines that were still private after nationalisation. The book on mine fatalities goes back to the 1880's - as far as I can remember

Hope that helps a bit

Caryl

Thanks for replies Jane and Caryl, Sadly I don't have any cles as to when he left,where he landed or when/where he died.
I have tried the NSW database you suggest Jane but found no matches there.
I'll do some more digging from the Cornwall end and see if I can narrow down the dates or at least arrival port a bit.
Thanks again for your help. I will post another thread later to see if I can catch the eye of someone out in Aus that may help.

Regards
Clive[smile]

http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
is the url to the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.  I found it useful when I was looking for colliers in Staffordshire.
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