free miners reg (General)
by doran54 
, neath glamorgan, Monday, August 10, 2020, 18:50 (1564 days ago)
HI I came across this information for my GGGrandfather can someone tell me please what it means to be on this register thank you ANN . Forest of Dean Freeminers Register
Transcript Details
Record_Number: 227
Forename: Richard
Surname: POWELL
Calculated_Year_of_Birth: 1791
Age: 47
Day: 8
Month: Sep
Year: 1838
Residence: Ellwood
Remarks:
Memorandum:
Soundex: P400
free miners reg
by probinson , S. Oxon, Monday, August 10, 2020, 20:44 (1564 days ago) @ doran54
It simply means your GGGrandfather was a registered freeminer.
There's information about the freeminers at https://www.forestfreeminers.org/
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Peter
free miners reg
by doran54 , neath glamorgan, Monday, August 10, 2020, 21:25 (1564 days ago) @ probinson
Thank you for reply very interesting read