Trade Directories were an important means of advertising in years gone by. Many of these old directories have now been transcribed or scanned and can be used to track ancestors as their businesses moved or developed.
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories |
Title: | 1921 Census substitute from The Genealogist. |
Link: | https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/affiliate/?affid=... |
Description: | These records form part of the Trade, Residential & Telephone record sets on The Genealogist, covering a period currently not served by a census. |
Extra Info: | More counties will be added in the coming months. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | BENDING Family History |
Link: | http://www.jbending.org.uk/ |
Description: | BENDING Family History |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | BOYD Family and Information Centre |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20120716201636/http://c... |
Description: | BOYD Family and Information Centre |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of the website. Most features appear to work. There may be some delay in loading. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | BREW One Name Study |
Link: | http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm |
Description: | BREW One Name Study |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | British History Online |
Link: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/ |
Description: | British History Online |
Extra Info: | A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Other Records |
Title: | Cumbria Genealogy Search |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20140216110425/http://... |
Description: | Selected Transcriptions |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of site that is no longer active. Most information is available to view. Click at the dot at the start of each description for transcription. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records |
Title: | Cumbrian Genealogy |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20121023203108/http://w... |
Description: | Cumbrian Genealogy |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of the site. May take a few moments to load. Most information appears to be available |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | DALTON Data Bank and One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.daltondatabank.org/ |
Description: | DALTON Data Bank and One Name Study |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories |
Title: | Directory - Historical Directories from the University of Leicester |
Link: | https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collec... |
Description: | Historical Directories - Digital Library of Local and Trade Directories for England and Wales |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | England Data from Ancestry |
Link: | England Data from Ancestry |
Description: | England Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories; Who's Who in the World, 1910-1911; England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; Numerous other records |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | FE(A)THERSTON((E)HAUGH) One Name Study |
Link: | https://featherstone.one-name.net/ |
Description: | FE(A)THERSTON((E)HAUGH) One Name Study |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Historical Clocks and Watchmakers Website |
Link: | https://www.clockswatches.co.uk |
Description: | Historical Clocks and Watchmakers Website |
Extra Info: | A website which lists clock and watchmakers from the UK and Ireland. Search by name or place. Searching is free however a small subscriptons is require for details. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | HOGARTH Family Website |
Link: | http://www.hogarth.org.uk/ |
Description: | HOGARTH Family Website |
Extra Info: | Click on reference section for records. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories |
Title: | Holden's Annual London and Country Directory |
Link: | Holden's Annual London and Country Directory |
Description: | Holden's Annual London and Country Directory for 1811, in Three Volumes |
Extra Info: | Volume 2 & 3 are directories of towns in the England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Images of Cumbria |
Link: | http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/ |
Description: | Images of Cumbria |
Extra Info: | Lots of information about the area. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, Information |
Title: | Internet Archive |
Link: | http://archive.org/ |
Description: | Internet Archive |
Extra Info: | Has many scanned books. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note gazetteer and gazetteers give different results. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | ISMAY One Name Study |
Link: | https://ismay.one-name.net/ |
Description: | ISMAY One Name Study |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers |
Title: | KEELER Genealogy Website |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nickkeeler/genealog... |
Description: | KEELER Genealogy Website |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories |
Title: | Kelly's Directories Project |
Link: | https://forebears.io/news/kellys-directories-proje... |
Description: | Kelly's Directories Project - One per county for England and South Wales. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories |
Title: | LUCEY / LUCY Family History Records |
Link: | https://lucey.net/ |
Extra Info: | Researching the surnames LUCEY & LUCY. From early sources in England & Ireland, some back as far as 1066. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Other Records |
Title: | MALLINSON Family Project |
Link: | http://www.mallproj-home.co.uk/ |
Description: | MALLINSON Family Project |
Extra Info: | Also variants. Many concentrated around Huddersfield. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Religious Lists / Records, Information, Other Records |
Title: | Open Library |
Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
Extra Info: | Use the search facility and select e-books only. Some English trade directories, journals, historic accounts of counties and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories |
Title: | Parishmouse Family History Guides |
Link: | https://www.parishmouse.co.uk/ |
Description: | Parish Registers, Parish Records and Historical Directories. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | PENNYFATHER One Name Study |
Link: | https://pennyfather.one-name.net/ |
Description: | PENNYFATHER One Name Study |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | PLUCKROSE Name Website |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20190623144333/http://w... |
Description: | PLUCKROSE Name Website |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Post Office Directory of Chemists and Druggists |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/b21466385 |
Description: | Post Office Directory of Chemists and Druggists 1876 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Covers England, Scotland, Wales and principal towns in Ireland. Includes chemical manufacturers, wholesale druggists, drysalters, patent medicine vendors and other connected trades, e.g. photographers, bottle makers, dentists and dye makers. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Selected Genealogical Records |
Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/filessection/ |
Description: | Selected Genealogical Records |
Extra Info: | A selection of transcriptions including extacts from Army lists, bankrupts, a list of people in Cornwall in past times, a list of coastguards in 1851, Hammermen and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | STRANGE, STRAINGE and Variants One Name Study |
Link: | https://yourtotalevent.com/people/Strange/idxpepl.... |
Description: | STRANGE and STRAINGE Family History |
Extra Info: | For apprentices click on miscellany. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers |
Title: | Sue O'Neill's Website |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pobjoyoneill/geneal... |
Description: | Sue O'Neill's Website, including Trade Directories |
Extra Info: | Some extracts of trade directories for Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Worcestershire and Sussex electroral poll 1734. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Other Records |
Title: | The Oddfellows Archive |
Link: | https://www.oddfellows.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Oddfellows Archive |
Extra Info: | Subscription site. The archive of the Oddfellows. Includes magazines, directories, minutes books and more. Searchable. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | TIVEY Family Genealogy Project |
Link: | http://www.tiveyfamilytree.com/ |
Description: | TIVEY Family Genealogy Project |
Extra Info: | Includes a diary of Joseph Tivey and his journey to Australia in 1848. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Other Records |
Title: | WANLESS Web - A One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.wanlessweb.org/TNG/index.php |
Description: | WANLESS Web - A One Name Study of the surnames surnames Wanless, Wandless, Wanlass, Wandlass, Wanliss, and Wanlace |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Cumberland |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CUL/ |
Description: | General Information for Cumberland |
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