Some Resources on Mining Ancestors
Coal Mining Records in the National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=97&j=1
Among other matters, this includes records of Mines
Inspectorates, Labour Relations and Disputes, Health and Safety, Accidents, and
Miners’ Welfare. Information about individual collieries and mining companies
are more likely to be found in Local Record offices than the National Archives
National Coal Mining Museum for England, Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RH Website: www.ncm.org.uk. Click
on ‘Museum Collection’ and then ‘Library.’ Over 5,000 books on mining history
are collected here.
British Mining Database, www.shropshiremines.org.uk/bmd/index/htm. Among other facilities this lists mining societies, mining
museums and ‘where to look for documents’. There is also a Mining History Noticeboard
where you can post queries about mines.
Scottish Mining Museum, Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, Midlothian, EH22 4QN www.scottishminingmuseum.com
Big Pit: National Mining Museum of Wales, Blaenafon, Torfaen, Newport, NP4 9XP
www.walesunderground.org.uk/pit/history.shtml
Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk, This provides some general information for family historians
wishing to trace ancestors who were miners.
Coal Mining History Resource Centre, www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. This includes the National Database of Mining Deaths and Injuries
