Register of Freeminers in 1838-Applications (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, April 17, 2016, 22:52 (3142 days ago) @ Marleyfoolou

Hi MaryLou,

I've no personal experience of this Register, but hopefully others will contribute in this respect.
I suspect you've already searched the forum to find this related thread.
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?mode=thread&id=975
More background info here http://www.clearwellcaves.com/freemining.html

The detailed descriptive post by Slowhands was indeed taken from the Glos Archives website, altho' the link in the old thread is now broken. Hopefully this one will work;
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archiv...

If it doesn't work, search "freeminers register" from this link
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/DServe/DServe.exe?dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&am...

You can indeed obtain copies etc from Glos Archives, for a fee, I suggest emailing them and I'm sure they can give you more information, for contact details see
http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives/index.aspx?articleid=107703&contactid=10...

If you do decide to order from them, then you might also want to browse their Genealogical Database, in case they have other items you're interested in obtaining, as it may be more cost-effective to order all together.
http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives/article/107400/Genealogical-database

I see the National Archives at Kew also keeps a little information, but clearly the main collection is at Gloucester.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4243465

I hope this helps a little until someone can hopefully answer your more specific questions.