Also a useful resource for pit deaths can be found here www.forestofdeanhistory.org.uk - the organisation are hoping to bring out a cd with such information on next year, but for now, there is some info on the web page. Regards -----Original Message----- From: Slowhands [mailto:slowhands@onetel.com] Sent: 10 November 2004 00:41 To: ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FoD] Re:1851 or 1861 census / Minimg deaths http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/deaths.htm Is probably the most comprehensive list of mining deaths ... There is also an initiative to "capture" and preserve a database of all mining deaths in the Forest, at one time part of this work was online - that is where I 'm sure your information about Meshach's death was .. http://www.lhi.org.uk/projects_directory/projects_by_region/south_west/glouc estershire/forest_of_dean_local_history_society/index.html Sample at http://www.users.waitrose.com/~iapope/fatalitiesopen.html Regards S All e'mail scanned by McAfee virusscan ============================== Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx