My great grandfather was also a miner, as was his father, in Ayrshire - Scotland! My grandmother was born there too! As was the man she married, my grandfather.
I knew the name of the Village they lived in, New Cumnock - and names, so armed with that, I began to search the net for info about that particular Village. Found a couple of websites that together with what I already had, led me to more, and I have built myself up a great picture of their lives in the miners rows!
Over the years I have Bought a CD with old NC photos, 3 or 4 historical books, a couple of picture books, all done by local residents! More recently, a novel which has been written by an Australian descendant of an Ayrshire mining family.
I was led to the majority of these resources with the help of my best friend Mr. Google, and still use him frequently! Initially from just a simple search with "mining New Cumnock" then adding a name, has been enough to keep me busy for a number of years, on a number of families, as of course, coming from 4 generations later to both my grandparents, I have gathered more connected families from both of them!
I see that Monica has added some good links too, so go for it!!
If you want to, you could post some of your names, dates and places - I'm sure we can help with some inital finds for you! Continue it onto this thread to begin with, then we can get it transferred to the appropriate County Board!
Cheers
Jeanne
