Coal mining family's from Durham England

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Comment by Andrew Kolstee on April 20, 2010 at 9:15pm

I am researching the Harrison and Raisbeck coal mining families

Comment by Sally Young on March 7, 2010 at 11:05pm

Hello
I'm researching the names Spraggon and Stoker from the Durham/Jarrow area.

Comment by Penelope Bell on March 7, 2010 at 10:47pm

Hello, My interest is in my Armstrong family who were part of the mining community in Wingate/Wingate Grange. There were lots of Armstrongs in the area, often with similar forenames, so sorting out "my" family can be difficult.

Comment by Linda Merle on March 6, 2010 at 1:22pm

Hi, I descend from Masons who lived in the Weardale area and were originally lead miners. By 1830 they had moved to Hetton-le-Hole, from whence my great grandfather Peter Mason and family migrated to the coal district in south eastern Ohio about 1880. I have traced them back to a Ralph Mason, end of the 1700's, but the church records are sketchy. According to a book I found on the Internet many were Presbyterian before 1800 or so. Then after that the area was taken by storm by the Methodists..

Comment by Denise Hamilton Jhanson on July 16, 2009 at 3:14pm

My family worked in the coal mines in Durham, England for many generations. there surname was Hamilton. The attached website has been a great help to me. http://www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
Some of the information include mining worker, mining disasters, History.