In message <DLEMJEFKHNPGFAAMANALMELBCGAA.leslie@kodiak-web-design.com>, Leslie <leslie@kodiak-web-design.com> writes >Hello all, >I've just learned from a marriage certificate that a GGGgrandfather was a >miner in (and around) 1860. Anybody know of any lists that give any more >information? The information came from the cert. of marriage of his >daughter, which took place in Ireland, but the place of residence at the >time of marriage is given as Portobello. Would he have been living in >Portobello with his family but travelling to the mines? Or were there mines >in Portobello? Wouldn't have thought so, but I don't know. Or was the >daughter living alone/boarding in Portobello? She's not given an occupation >on the cert. Her new husband was in the 2nd Dragoons and lived in >Portobello barracks. > >Thanks in advance for any help, >Leslie > >______________________________ Leslie, There were many mines in the Lothians. Have a look at: http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RBurt/MinHistNet/1896-04.htm - where you will find a list of those. There's also a mining list: Scottish-Mining-L - at Rootsweb. - and a book on the subject: http://www.stenlake.co.uk/books/56.htm John -- John Gibson Chalmers - john@dgnscrn.demon.co.uk ... also at john.chalmers@us.abb.com Homepages ... http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/ and ... http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chalmers/