Thread: coal miners records

Does anyone know where I could find online records of men who worked in coal mines in Staffordshire in the 1800s?

Regards, Weemaxcat

Hi weemaxcat,



I don't think the coal mines were very well documented that far back.

I doubt if you'd find anything online though you could try googling. Not sure whether you'd find actual names unless they were killed in a mining accident, but you could try the relevant county records office.

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I doubt if you'd find anything online though you could try googling. Not sure whether you'd find actual names unless they were killed in a mining accident, but you could try the relevant county records office.

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Before the turn of the century, it seems that very little interest was paid to the miners and their families. Even then, it seems that they were more interested in getting the coal up than in the wellfare of the families. If too much was said about the dangers, Wives and mothers would not have let their Husbands and children do these jobs. After 1919 names of those that died start to appear on-line. A lot in my tree were in the collieries in Northumberland & Co Durham. I have managed to get some information about some of them from their death certificates but Johnson was a common name there. The early ones I have had to leave as their name and birth. I hope your name is not so common and that you have more luck.

Hello



What area of Staffs are you looking in



Elsabels

many thanks for your replies everyone. I'm particularly looking around Hanley,and Wolstanton