My great grandfather worked in the coal mines in Federal and Burdine outside Bridgeville from 1892 to 1916. Would anyone know of research available of any of the local mines sending recruiters to European countries to recruit men to work in those mines? Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois -- "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

You might try the Bridgeville Historical Society. Bridgeville Area Historical Society Kathleen Banks Building 441 Station St. "The Caboose" Bridgeville, PA 15017 (412) 221-4052 mail@bridgevillehistory.org Hours Tuesday-Friday 10 am-2 pm JR Jamieson jr@jjamieson.com 412 343 9264 Eagle Scout Home of the Steeler Nation "In God We Trust" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Martin" <illinoisgenie@gmail.com> To: <PAALLEGH@rootsweb.com>; "Joseph Martin" <illinoisgenie@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 7:29 PM Subject: [ALL] Coal Mines near Bridgeville > My great grandfather worked in the coal mines in Federal and Burdine > outside Bridgeville from 1892 to 1916. > > Would anyone know of research available of any of the local mines sending > recruiters to European countries to recruit men to work in those mines? > > Joseph Martin > Romeoville, Illinois > > > -- > "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the > world." - Nelson Mandela > > > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: > http://www.pagenweb.org/~allegheny/index.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Joseph: I doubt very much that the miners did any recruiting overseas. Word of mouth from people already here writing home would get enough people immigrating that recruiting probably wasn't necessary. For example my ggrandfather immigrated from Wales do to a downturn in mining in Wales. Larry On 12/27/2013 7:29 PM, Joseph Martin wrote: > My great grandfather worked in the coal mines in Federal and Burdine > outside Bridgeville from 1892 to 1916. > > Would anyone know of research available of any of the local mines sending > recruiters to European countries to recruit men to work in those mines? > > Joseph Martin > Romeoville, Illinois > > -- My genealogy page http://twothompsongenealogies.com/ Allegheny County Maps page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lt0168/maps/

Thank you, Larry. The miners did not do the recruiting; the mine companies sent recruiters. I have names of those who were sent from the mines in the U.P. of Michigan, so I know that it was going on. Joseph On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Larry Thompson <lt0168@epix.net> wrote: > Joseph: > I doubt very much that the miners did any recruiting overseas. Word of > mouth from people already here writing home would get enough people > immigrating that recruiting probably wasn't necessary. For example my > ggrandfather immigrated from Wales do to a downturn in mining in Wales. > > Larry > > On 12/27/2013 7:29 PM, Joseph Martin wrote: > > My great grandfather worked in the coal mines in Federal and Burdine > > outside Bridgeville from 1892 to 1916. > > > > Would anyone know of research available of any of the local mines sending > > recruiters to European countries to recruit men to work in those mines? > > > > Joseph Martin > > Romeoville, Illinois > > > > > > -- > My genealogy page > http://twothompsongenealogies.com/ > Allegheny County Maps page > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lt0168/maps/ > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: > http://www.pagenweb.org/~allegheny/index.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.