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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 9 249 Send Message	Sue In Yorkshire.	Report	21 Jun 2011 21:24
	Just googled Norths Navigation Colliery and quite a few sites come up including this one.. http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=35&coll_id=11586&expand= http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/coalhouse/sites/mines/pages/coegnant_colliery.shtml
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 79 Send Message	Kend500	Report	21 Jun 2011 21:04
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 79 Send Message	yea, but at a dead end! thanks anyway. Ken
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73 136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	21 Jun 2011 19:20
	have you googled to see if there is any information?
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 79 Send Message	Kend500	Report	21 Jun 2011 18:59
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 79 Send Message	Not sure if this is in the right place but perhaps some kind soul can point me in the right direction. An ancester of mine had shares in Norths Navigation Colliery, South Wales around 1890ish. I was wondering does anyone know if the widows of men killed in the mines received compensation possibly in the form of shares. This may help me in my quest to find her husband. Many thanks, Ken