Hello list & Marion, Does your book reference any names & places. My ggrandfather along with his dad and 3 brothers left Fife to come to the US to work in the mines Southern Illinois early 1900 time frame. One stayed in Ill, 2 ended up in Colorado and 1 went back to Fife. Our family name is RUSSELL. Hoping you still have the book, Judi Ferguson Sawyer email [email protected] From: "Marion C. Musgrove" I got "Colliers Across the Sea' thru inter-library loan. Alas,it covers a later time period, and recruitment was for Illinois coal mines.