https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/ Connecting Forest of Dean Researchers World-Wide en Gloucestershire Archives (Record Office!) and the Gaveller have just allowed the Forest of Dean Local History Society to put the names of 600 or so Freeminers (@1838 - 1960) on a CD we've just produced; but, if I remember correctly from other discussions, the survival of records re other miners is very much a hit or miss affair.

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=4173 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=4173 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 08:02:52 +0000 Generalbiddy I expect the records would have been at the Gavellers Office, Bank House, Bank St, Coleford but I suspect they were all moved, probably to the Glos Records Office.

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=4170 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=4170 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:17:24 +0000 Generalslowhands Are there any records showing who were employed in the mines.

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=4169 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=4169 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:42:35 +0000 GeneralJackson