Hello Peter, My ancestors moved from the "Wapping" where they worked in the coal mines in Newcastle upon Tyne ( via South Shields) to Thornley, Easington Co Durham as the mines in they worked in in Newcastle were closing and the ones in North Durham were opening up. I know this from the parish records where children were born and census info. I even found some children had died here that i didn't know about. This is the link to records held by Durham County Archives, you can search them and pay for the records you want if you wish too. I found it really useful to get an idea where they were at a certain time between the Census years. I hope this is helpful to you. Carole > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:54:43 +0000 > Subject: [NMB] Coal Miners = Hetton Le Hole, Thornley and Easington. Coi Durham > > My Grand father MICHAEL COLLINS was a miner . I am trying to trace where he might have worked between poss. 1881 and about 1889 when he and family moved to South Shields,Co Durham. > > I have noted where he was married and where some of the children where born and that includes Hetton Le Hole, Thornley and Easington Co Durham > Is there any records that might give details on people who worked in the mines in these areas? > Any help or advice would be appreciated > Regards > Peter Collins > Cheltenham UK > .. > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message