There are some old photos available on the Collier Twp., Allegheny Co., PA website: http://www.colliertownship.net/community/neighborhoods/hickman-pa/ Just thought posting a link to the Hickman neighborhood might be interesting.... I grew up on the hill overlooking Federal. There's not much left of any of the mining except for the 'slag piles' as we called them. Jennifer jenzroots@gmail.com On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Joseph Martin <illinoisgenie@gmail.com>wrote: > 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. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 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 >