Relatives who were miners

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Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 245 Send Message	Lindsey	Report	30 Mar 2004 13:13
	Geoff and Mary Thanks for this advice. I will definatly follow up on this. Good luck with any searches you are doing! Thanks again Lindsey
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 171 Send Message	Mary	Report	30 Mar 2004 12:39
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 171 Send Message	On Durham records on line www.durhamrecordsonline.com/index.php there is a lot of information about miners. I found this very good as it explains about the miners bond and why they moved about so much. Look at miners lives. Mary
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 3,439 Send Message	Geoff	Report	30 Mar 2004 12:18
	There's a lot of stuff here http://www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 245 Send Message	Lindsey	Report	30 Mar 2004 11:20
	I have a lot of relatives who were coalminers in Northumberland/Newcastle area. Does anyone know of any useful sources of info for people employed as miners?