This is a brilliant site for anybody researching their family links to Scotland\'s Mining Industry. Both my Grandmothers were from mining families. My Grannie Murison was a Webb from Gorebridge and my Grannie Christie was a Hunter from Lochgelly. Found information relevant to both as well as extended family. Thank you so much

This site has given me a good picture of life in the coal mining areas of Scotland in the 1800\'s. I am interested because my paternal grandmother was born in Ayrshire to an coal miner and my maternal grandfather came from a long line of Scots in Perthshire and although the family seemed to work on the land, they lived in colliers cottages from what I can see.

hello my family worked at mines in blantyre then came to aus in late 1890,s we are still in coal im 5th gen i cant find any info about where they worked and lived i know there are mckay,s still their can anyone help

Great site. Our family were the Mortons who came to the Stirling area from Newtown, Cambuslang around the 30\'s. There was 11 brothers, my Grandfather was Geordie who worked at Millhall, Stirling and finished his working life a couple of years early due to the closure of Manor powis, Stirling around 1971. the best thing he ever did was stopped me going to the pit too- yet I never thought doing about any other job. just assumed I\'d apply and go same as the rest.

very interested in the details of an incident in march 1863 in relation to a david gillespie of bridgend,denny,falkirk. are any details of his family known or how might i be able to find details of this.?

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Thank-you for entering Thomas Mtchell to Dalry list

I have an old photograph, partially enhanced by an artist of the time, around 1891, of my great grandfather Lauchlan McNeill and his wife Jane [nee Holden] taken outside 78 Skares Row, Cumnock. My father had it in his loft for many years and I have inherited it. I had to repair the background of the miners row cottage using photoshop as it was damaged but I think it is historical to the mining industry never the less. My great grandfather was born in 1839 in Airdrie to a mining family. I can trace my fathers family to the mining era to 1812.
I was wondering if this website would like a copy of the photograph.

With the exception of my father, all male members of my paternal family were miners. I have been doing some research. My Father\'s cousin, John McNeill was killed in 1962 in Barony Colliery, Auchinleck No 2 shaft. His body, with that of other miners killed were never recovered. My Grandfather, Alexander McNeill was born in No 39, Six Rows in the mining village of Doura, Kilwinning in 1868. My great grandfather, Lauchlan McNeill, married to Jane Holden, another mining family, lived at No 78 Skares Row, Cumnock around 1891. What a facinating history and very close community the miners had. I wonder if anyone on this site is related to me.

Can you advise me how to find more transcripts of the evidence to the 1919 Sankey Commission? I am particularly interested in the evidence given by my grandfather, John Gibson.

My grandfather is the David Spowart Jackson killed on July 6th 1972 in Valleyfield Colliery. Seeing his death recorded on here was the first time I had ever seen anything in writing about it. Thank you for having this on here and enabling families to see information like that