Chat | Daily Search | My GenForum | Community Standards | Terms of Service Jump to Forum Home: Regional: U.S. States: Illinois: Mercer County Re: Coal Miners Of Mercer Co.,Illinois Posted by: Phyllis Winthurst (ID *****6594) Date: March 27, 2004 at 11:29:47 In Reply to: Coal Miners Of Mercer Co.,Illinois by Kay Helfrich of 239 Kay, Coal Valley is not in Mercer County, it is in Rock Island County, Illinois. It's tough researching coal miners because they stayed in an area until a coal mine petered out and then moved on. All of my male ancestors for 3 or 4 generations back were coal miners in Rock Island and Mercer County, Illinois. Do you know what mines they worked in - who operated them? Notify Administrator about this message? Followups: Re: Coal Miners Of Mercer Co.,Illinois Kay Helfrich 3/27/04 Re: Coal Miners Of Mercer Co.,Illinois Phyllis Winthurst 3/27/04 Re: Coal Miners Of Mercer Co.,Illinois Kay Helfrich 3/28/04 http://genforum.genealogy.com/il/mercer/messages/177.html Search this forum: Find all of the words Find any of the words Search all of GenForum: Proximity matching Link to GenForum Add Forum

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