Further Information	Further Information

As part of the process of collecting information on colliery fatalities we regularly visit cemeteries and churchyards to make a note of where the victims are buried (combined with an interest in family history from some of our volunteers), this means that we can show on our website the last resting place of some of the deceased - one of our attempts to provide more information not statistics.

To help speed up the process of collecting names (and as a cross check) one of our volunteers takes a digital photo of the tombstone, and where we have such a photograph the entry on the web pages will show the following symbol:

If you would like to see the digital image then please contact the webmaster (see menu on the left) with the details you require and a temporary web page will be generated where you can view the image and the associated details from our database of mining fatalities. Please be patient as he has other commitments :-)

There is no charge for this facility.

Please note that not all the inscriptions on the tombstone are photographed, it is the details of the mining fatality we are interested in, however where the condition (and lighting) of the tombstone permits we do try and capture as much information as possible. A few tombstones cannot be read in the digital image - we had to rely on our notes on the fatality documented on the tombstone, in this case no further family details can be determined without a visit to the churchyard or cemetery and searching for the tombstone.

To summarise: the quality of the tombstones and the digital images is variable, however, if you are researching your family history then a copy of the photograph may help you.