Who Do You Think You Are? Encyclopedia of Genealogy by Nick Barratt

Author:Nick Barratt [Nick Barratt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2008-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

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USEFUL INFO

The Working Class Movement Library in Salford, near Manchester, contains books, pamphlets, journals and newspapers detailing the history of the labour movements since the eighteenth century. Its catalogue can be accessed online at www.wcml.org.uk.

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The deaths of hundreds of thousands of miners over the centuries left a staggering number of widows and orphaned children, many of whom would have required financial support. It is worth finding out if a Relief Fund or society was set up for the colliery where the accident happened to see if there is a record among their papers and meeting minutes of financial support given to your ancestor’s family. The archive where the mine’s paperwork is filed should be able to assist you with this.

Despite the many deaths that occurred in British mines throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it wasn’t until the Coal Mines Act of 1911 that Parliament decreed all colliery owners should have in place a fully trained Mines Rescue Team rather than a voluntary group of mineworkers on call to assist at times when disaster struck. Rescue stations were set up where men could be trained and specialist equipment stored. When disaster struck there were often a large number of men among the dead who had entered the mine after an explosion to help those inside. The Mines Rescue website at www.heroes-of-mine.co.uk contains a wealth of information about these brave men who risked their lives in an attempt to save their colleagues and friends.

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