Tracing Your Coalmining Ancestors (Paperback)
A Guide for Family Historians
Imprint: Pen & Sword Family History
Series: Tracing Your Ancestors
Pages: 266
ISBN: 9781848842397
Published: 11th February 2014
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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, authoritative and practical handbook will be so useful, for it guides researchers through these obstacles and opens up the broad range of sources they can go to in order to get a vivid insight into the lives and experiences of coalminers in the past.
His overview of the coalmining history – and the case studies and research tips he provides – will make his book rewarding reading for anyone looking for a general introduction to this major aspect of Britain's industrial heritage. His directory of regional and national sources and his commentary on them will make this guide an essential tool for family historians searching for an ancestor who worked in coalmining underground, on the pit top or just lived in a mining community.
As featured in Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine and the Barnsley Chronicle.
As referenced in "Resources" article
WDYTYA? Magazine - June 2024
As referenced in resources part of author article
WDYTYA? Magazine, April 2019
As mentioned in
Wrexham Leader
As featured in.
Family Tree Magazine March '14
The text is punctuated with research tips and case studies, for each chapter there is further reading suggested and the book is complete with a comprehensive index.
Essex Family Historian
There is a wealth of information in this concise and authoritative handbook which will be invaluable to social and family historians seeking to learn more of the lives and work experiences of mine employees.
The author uses many case studies and extracts from miners' own stories to illustrate his chapters which cover topics such as the different jobs in the industry, the miners' working lives, accidents and disasters, diseases, the employment of women and children, trade unions, mining during the world wars and 'ephemera and memorabilia'.
B&A FHS Journal No. 157
This is a comprehensive and practical introduction to researching coal-mining history and its workers. There is a directory of national and regional sources with lists, by chapter, of further detailed reading and research suggestions.
A meticulous mixture of social and family history. Mining life created close communities. We learn about the close relationship between mining and the labour movement, miners at war and the role of women and children. Whether or not you have mining connections, this is an interesting socio-economic read.
Your Family Tree
A useful guide for anyone with a coal miner in his or her family tree.
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine
About Brian Elliott
Brian Elliott is a well-known author (@BElliottAuthor on 'X') who has published many articles and books relating to local history and especially coalmining. Selected examples of the latter for Pen & Sword include Barnsley Pits and Pitmen, South Yorkshire Mining Disasters (2 Vols), Yorkshire Mining Veterans, Miners' Strike Day by Day, Coalminers (Images of the Past), Tracing Your Coalmining Ancestors and Coal Mine Disaster in the Modern Era 1900-1980 (Images of the Past) and (forthcoming, April 2025) Miners and the Great War.
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