Diane, this is a very neat website. thanks, Sharon Reif > I recently found a "stray" McGOLDRICK who was working as a coal miner in > Collinsville, IL. In researching him, I found that there were a lot of > Irish workers in the mine! > > In my case, this fellow (Charles Mc GOLRIC) lived in St. Louis, then > moved to Collinsville to work in the mine when it opened in the 1880's. > I think it might be worth your time to check out this web site and look > for any "brick wall" surnames you might have. > > http://www.iltrails.org/madison/mcdirectory.htm > > Thanks to Mary who gave me the following information: > > Until about 50 years ago, there was a Lumaghi coal mine in Collinsville > and a Bethel Mine on the outskirts, probably in Caseyville. I am sure > there were many others as both St. Clair and Madison Counties had > many. As far as I know, there is only one Catholic Church in > Collinsville, Sts. Peter and Paul. > > > Diane Shaw > Soggy in Hillsboro > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website > (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a look. >