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
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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

It simply means your GGGrandfather was a registered freeminer.

There's information about the freeminers at https://www.forestfreeminers.org/

Thank you for reply very interesting read