Records for Travellers, Romany and Canal folk can be difficult to trace due to the inherent nature of this lifestyle. These records may cover barge workers and other itinerant workers too.
Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Boat Families of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and Connected Waterways |
Link: | http://www.boatfamilies.website/ |
Description: | Boat Families website produced by the Ormskirk and District Family History Society |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Circus Historical Society |
Link: | https://circushistory.org/ |
Description: | Circus Historical Society - 250 years of circus. |
Extra Info: | A major resource for the history of the circus, although it mainly covers the US. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Genealogy Information and Records |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gypsy/genealogy/ |
Description: | Genealogy Information and Records , Mainly Folkestone and Hythe Areas |
Extra Info: | Includes transcriptions of trade directories and newspaper cuttings. |
Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Gipsy Life: Being an Account of Our Gipsies and Their Children |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/gipsylifebeinga00smitg... |
Description: | Book - Gipsy Life: Being an Account of Our Gipsies and Their Children |
Extra Info: | Online book. published 1880. Includes extracts from newspapers and magazine articles and much more about their lives. |
Classification: | Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Gypsy Lore Society Collections |
Link: | https://libguides.liverpool.ac.uk/library/sca/gyps... |
Description: | Gypsy Lore Society Collections |
Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections |
Link: | https://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections/co... |
Description: | Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections held by the University of Leeds |
Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society |
Link: | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499763 |
Description: | Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society held b ythe Hathi Trust |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | London Canal Museum |
Link: | https://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/ |
Description: | London Canal Museum |
Extra Info: | Education and History site about all things related to Canals. For details of Bantam tugs and their owners, click on section, then museum collections. |
Classification: | Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Lyme Regis Museum |
Link: | https://www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/collection-categ... |
Description: | Lyme Regis Museum Collections and Research |
Extra Info: | Includes many photographs, information about ethnic minorities in Dorset, people and places and more. |
Classification: | Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Manners, J.E. Collection (photographic) |
Link: | https://merl.reading.ac.uk/collections/manners-je-... |
Description: | Manners, J.E. Collection (photographic) at the Museum of Rural Life |
Extra Info: | Photographs and writings about rural crafts and other activities. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | National Fairground and Circus Archive |
Link: | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nfca |
Description: | Collections at the National Fairground and Circus Archive |
Extra Info: | The NFCA collection is one of the leading repositories in the world for material relating to all aspects of travelling popular entertainment. The Archive holds 150,000 photographic images, 4,000 books and journals and over 20,000 items of ephemera. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Northamptonshire Family History |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20200127191346/http://... |
Description: | Indexes for the county of Northants |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Links to purchase indexes do not work, however the online indexes still seem to be available to view. |
Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Remembering our Family |
Link: | http://www.newforestromanygypsytraveller.co.uk |
Description: | Remembering our Family |
Extra Info: | A project that intends to collect as much information as possible from the local Gypsy/Traveller community that have settled at locations within the New Forest including Thorney Hill and Bransgore. |
Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Robert Dawson Romany History Collection |
Link: | https://merl.reading.ac.uk/collections/robert-daws... |
Description: | Robert Dawson Romany History Collection at the Museum of English Rural Life |
Extra Info: | The collection consists of papers relating to Gypsies and Travellers including research and writings by Dawson, sheet music, and illustrative material. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Romani Cymru: Welsh Gypsies |
Link: | http://www.valleystream.co.uk/romhome.htm |
Description: | Romani Cymru: Welsh Gypsies, Kale, Teulu Abram Wood, Gypsy Caravans |
Extra Info: | Includes a history of Vardos, including some Vardo builders. |
Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Romany & Traveller Family History Society |
Link: | https://rtfhs.org.uk |
Description: | Romany & Traveller Family History Society | Research your roots and learn about your heritage. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Romany Genes 2 Website |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210423045021/http://... |
Description: | Romany Genes 2 Website |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Maybe slow to load. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Romany Genes Website |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210427155917/http://... |
Description: | Romany Genes Website |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Some photographs and pictures are not available. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Romany References and Records |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091026134802/http://g... |
Description: | Romany References and Records |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active, although most information still seems to be available. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Staffordshire Name Indexes |
Link: | https://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/ |
Description: | Staffordshire Name Indexes |
Extra Info: | Calendars of prisoners at Staffordshire quarter sessions 1779-1880, police force registers index 1842-1920 and apprentices 1600-1900. Also includes some names from over the border in Worcestershire. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | The Free Encyclopedia of the International Circus |
Link: | http://www.circopedia.org/Main_Page |
Description: | A unique ongoing historical archive of the art form of the circus and its development over the past 250 years of its history. |
Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | The Gypsy Lore Society |
Link: | https://www.gypsyloresociety.org/ |
Description: | The Gypsy Lore Society |
Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | The Scottish Gypsies |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20170124121108/http://... |
Description: | The Scottish Gypsies |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. |
Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Travellers' Times |
Link: | https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ |
Description: | Travellers' Times |
Extra Info: | See the Heritage section |
Classification: | Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Waterways of Stoke-on-Trent |
Link: | http://www.thepotteries.org/waterways/ |
Description: | Waterways of Stoke-on-Trent |