Author Topic: Coal Miner Records (Read 236 times)

AJLAMERS85 · « **on:** Friday 25 April 25 01:50 BST (UK) »

Hello,

I am trying to find employment records for my great grandfather he was a coal miner 'Hewer' period abt 1907 he was living around Blantyre, Lanarkshire Scotland, Does anyone know if you can get records, and how would you go about it?

Regards
Aaron

Glen in Tinsel Kni · « **Reply #1 on:** Friday 25 April 25 02:23 BST (UK) »

The first hurdle is knowing which colliery in order to find out which company/owner the employer was and which archive/repository may have records. If you can find which repository is involved then they can advise what is available and the search options.

Fatal Accidents maybe recorded in local papers and/or records held by the National Mining Museum Scotland though most accidents involve just one or perhaps two men and tend to be fairly brief summaries of just a paragraph or two.

Gadget · « **Reply #2 on:** Friday 25 April 25 08:51 BST (UK) »

Have you seen this:

https://blantyreproject.com/blantyre-coal-mining/

Gadget

RJ_Paton · « **Reply #3 on:** Friday 25 April 25 11:21 BST (UK) »

The Scottish Mining Website at http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/10.html is also a good base to work from.

As to records it depends largely which company your ancestor worked for South Lanarkshire Council have some Records
https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200165/local_and_family_history/588/archives_and_records

and Glasgow University Business Archives also have others.
https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/archivespecialcollections/discover/business/
but they are mainly dealing with the business side of things rather than the individuals working there.

AJLAMERS85 · « **Reply #4 on:** Saturday 26 April 25 07:20 BST (UK) »

Thanks for the suggestion, i knew about the website https://blantyreproject.com/blantyre-coal-mining. Finding who is employed by is going to be hard
I looked at valuation rolls for 1915 and 1920, I attached in the post anyone recognize the company?