Dark as a Dungeon: Researching Mining Records
Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG®, AGL™
Content
Introduction
9:57
Mule Drivers
7:34
Types of Coal
7:16
Library of Congress
4:05
Coal Scrip
6:36
Battle of Blair Mountain
5:59
Mining Records
3:58
Key Players
7:07
About this webinar
This is the real ‘Minecraft’. As the song goes, it truly was “dark as a dungeon” in just about any mine. Fortunately, there are records that have may been kept on your mining ancestors. Mining is hard work. Starting from the children that worked in mines up to the adults of today, mining records may provide a clue to your ancestors’ lives.
About the speaker
Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG®, AGL™, was involved in genealogy before she was even born. The daughter of avid genealogists, she was spending time in courthouses and cemeteries while other children were...
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