From: john1@s145802280.onlinehome.fr   
      
   On 12/12/2023 03:47, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > In message  at Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:56:51,   
   > JMB99  writes   
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   >> There oddities as was found when a well known Scottish 'historian'   
   >> from the Scottish Borders who in a TV series based around DNA was   
   >> surprised to find his ancestry was East Anglia (if I remember correctly).   
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   > There was a major diaspora from Norfolk to Northumberland and Durham   
   > when mining really got going (sort of late 19th century) - I think the   
   > mining companies may even have run special trains. Not sure it went as   
   > far as Borders, though. I know some of my family (Neave and other names)   
   > got caught up in it.   
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   A long discussion Norfolk farm labourers in the Northumberland/Durham   
   coalfields   
   https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=649914.0   
      
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