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Tracing Your Coalmining Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
Brian A. Elliott
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Description for Tracing Your Coalmining Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
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In the 1920s there were over a million coalminers working in over 3000 collieries across Great Britain, and the industry was one of the most important and powerful in British history. It dominated the lives of generations of individuals, their families and communities, and its legacy is still with us today - many of us have a coalmining ancestor. Yet family historians often have problems in researching their mining forebears. Locating the relevant records, finding the sites of the pits, and understanding the work involved and its historical background can be perplexing. That is why Brian Elliott's concise, ... Read more
In the 1920s there were over a million coalminers working in over 3000 collieries across Great Britain, and the industry was one of the most important and powerful in British history. It dominated the lives of generations of individuals, their families and communities, and its legacy is still with us today - many of us have a coalmining ancestor. Yet family historians often have problems in researching their mining forebears. Locating the relevant records, finding the sites of the pits, and understanding the work involved and its historical background can be perplexing. That is why Brian Elliott's concise, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
618g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848842397
SKU
V9781848842397
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Brian A. Elliott
Brian Elliott is a well-known local historian and editor with a special interest in British coalmining history. His father was a miner, so were his uncles; and several of his male ancestors worked in the pits. Among his many books on the subject are Barnsley Pits and Pitmen, The Miners' Strike Day by Day, Yorkshire's Flying Pickets in the 1984/85 ... Read more
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