I have an original, fragile diary entry/letter, plus it's transcript, from someone travelling from Bishop Auckland to Russia, perhaps to work in mines. Karzalinsky is mentioned as a place they stayed. Due to age and damage, the name of writer and date it was written is not known. It was found in a Victorian photo album. The album was inscribed to Nancy Watson from EM Marriner, Seaton Carew. If any of this means something to you please let me know, it's a great piece of history. 🙂
Also there is some unnamed family members in photocopies of photos from the album. I believe my late aunt was transcribing it for someone about 20 years ago and her lost her sight and then passed before returning it.
Looking for any information, hoping to be able to post it to a family member
