You might be interested in this that I posted in a few lists This was circulated by the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers in Newcastle upon Tyne. They have produced some Mining history resource guides https://www.mininginstitute.org.uk/about-us/42-resource-guides2 These downloadable guides in PDF format give an annotated overview of resources in the NEIMME Library - and occasionally elsewhere - available to research mining topics. One covers family history https://www.mininginstitute.org.uk/images/pdf/Familyhistory-miningOct14.pdf PS I also posted elsewhere, I quoted Bolton but sure there is just as much for towns on the wrong side of the Pennines. I have been looking through the IWM Collections, I am sure they have been adding new things to it because I have found images in this area that not seen on there previously. http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/ I tried Bolton and there are quite a number of items there, many are Media Not Available Online so can only hope that they do appear online later. http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=bolton&submit=&items_per_page =10 This is not likely to appear online but might interest some people if they can find a copy Bolton County Grammar School : the wartime years : a collection of anecdotes and memories from people who experience the disruption of their education during the 1939-1945 war (books) Made by: BOLTON COUNTY GRAMMAR SCHOOL. OLD STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION (author) 2003 BRITISH FOOD STOCKS FOR LIBERATED EUROPE, 1945 part of "MINISTRY OF FOOD SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Food official photographer Italian prisoners re-pack boxes of foodstuffs in a farm house, somewhere in Britain, (probably near Bolton, Lancashire), for dispatch to civilians in Liberated Europe. WOMEN RAILWAY WORKERS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR part of "FIRST WORLD WAR WOMENS WAR WORK COLLECTION" (photographs) 1917-05-15 A female oiler employed by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway at work at Bolton station in May 1917. WOMEN AT WAR 1914 - 1918 part of "REAVIL ARTHUR L P" (photographs) Made by: Reavil Arthur L P Post Office Sorter, Bolton, Lancs. THE LEND LEASE PROGRAMME part of "MINISTRY OF FOOD SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Food official photographer Elizabeth Rothwell of Bolton, Lancashire, sitting on a table drinking from a mug containing orange juice. The orange juice was supplied from America under the Lend Lease Programme from a mug. In the foreground next to her is a bottle of Ministry of... There are lots more and also many recordings of interviews with people to get their memories saved. These are often a couple of hours long. Obviously other place names can be searched as well Martin Briscoe Fort William [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lin via Sent: 08 January 2015 16:30 To: [email protected] Subject: [YORKSGEN] Coal Mining Accidents and Deaths Ancestry have just released the Index for the above covering the years 1700-1950.