Tracing Your Coalmining Ancestors

“A meticulous mixture of social and family history . . . Whether or not you have mining connections, this is an interesting socio-economic read.” — Your Family Tree   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