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Companies / Employee and Union Lists

Employee records help tell how our ancestors earned a living. Many old registers have been scanned and are now online to be viewed and searched.

Classification:Valuation Books, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Aberdeen City Council Catalogues and Indexes
Link:https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/libraries...
Description:Aberdeen City Council Catalogues and Indexes
Extra Info:Mainly indexes of the records held in the archives, but some online data.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Accrington and Church Industrial Co-operative Society - History
Link:http://archive.org/details/cu31924087522441
Description:Accrington and Church Industrial Co-operative Society - History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the society 1860-1910. Includes photographs of workers within the society, photographs and details of the branches, and biographies of many key people of the society.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Admissions Register to Gray's Inn, London
Link:https://archive.org/details/RegisterOfAdmissionsTo...
Description:Admissions Register to Gray's Inn, London 1521-1889
Extra Info:Register of admissions to Gray's Inn 1521-1889, names index part way through book. One of the four Inns of Court in London.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Anglo Burmese Library
Link:https://www.angloburmeselibrary.com/
Description:The Anglo Burmese Library
Extra Info:Includes employee lists of the Burmah Oil Company and the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. Information on the Burma railways appears to be for members only.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Annfield Plain Industrial Co-operative Society Limited History
Link:http://archive.org/details/cu31924091715643
Description:Annfield Plain Industrial Co-operative Society Limited History
Extra Info:History of the Annfield Plain Industrial Co-operative Society Limited 1870-1920. Includes details on branches, many names associated with the society, photographs, lists of committee members and other key people.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Barnsley Co-operative Society - Coronation History
Link:http://archive.org/details/coronationhistor00coop
Description:Barnsley Co-operative Society - Coronation History
Extra Info:A History of Barnsley Co-operative Society 1862-1902. Includes names and information about the early workers, photographs of the branches, the directors, committee members, managers of the branches and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Barrhead Co-operative Society Limited - History
Link:http://archive.org/details/cu31924091515720
Description:Barrhead Co-operative Society Limited - History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the society 1861-1911. Names of the pioneers, many with photographs, details of committee members, the branches and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Beamish Collections Online
Link:http://collections.beamish.org.uk/
Description:Online Collection from Beamish Museum
Extra Info:Includes photographs, advertising materials, trade catalogues and lots of information about the social history surrounding our ancestors.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Bingley Industrial Co-operative Society Limited - History
Link:https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearscoope00hartg...
Description:Bingley Industrial Co-operative Society Limited - History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the society 1850-1900. Includes photographs of the committee, womens guild, office staff, photographs of the branches and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-operative Flour and Provision Society Limited History
Link:http://archive.org/details/cu31924087521674
Description:Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-operative Flour and Provision Society Limited History
Extra Info:History of the Society from 1860-1910. Includes a list of founders of the society, information on branches, many names associated with the society, photographs, lists of committee members and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:BLADON Family History
Link:http://bladonfamilyhistory.blogspot.com
Description:BLADON Family History
Extra Info:Click on New Relatives to find details of TE Bladon, lamp manufacturers.
Classification:Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Bolton, Lancashire Genealogy Website
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~boltongenealogy/gen...
Description:Bolton, Lancashire Genealogy Website
Extra Info:Includes information on Halliwell Bleachworks, Rumworth Mill and more.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate
Title:BREBNER and BREMNER One Name Study
Link:http://www.brebner.com/index.html
Description:BREBNER/BREMNER Genealogy Pages
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941
Link:Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941 by Find My Past
Description:Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941 by Find My Past
Extra Info:Information about their voyages, ranks, personal details including their address, next of kin, and physical descriptions. In some cases, you may even find photographs of those featured in our records.
Classification:Information, Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:British and Irish Furniture Makers Online
Link:https://bifmo.furniturehistorysociety.org/
Description:Faces Behind the Furniture, 1500-1914
Classification:Information, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:BT Digital Archives
Link:http://www.digitalarchives.bt.com/Calmview/
Description:British Telecom Digital Archives
Extra Info:Search thousands of documents, books, objects, images and films on subjects spanning the development of telecommunications, from the birth of the electric telegraph in the 1830s to the explosion of the internet and the rise of broadband Britain.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Cainscross and Ebley Co-operative Society Limited - History
Link:http://archive.org/details/historyofcoopera00huds
Description:Cainscross and Ebley Co-operative Society Limited - History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the society 1863-1913. Includes photographs of committee members, details of branches, a map of the area covered and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:City of Bradford Co-operative Society Limited History
Link:http://archive.org/details/cityofbradfordco00benn
Description:City of Bradford Co-operative Society Limited History
Extra Info:History of the City of Bradford Co-operative Society Limited 1860-1910. Includes details on branches, many names associated with the society, photographs of branches and key people, and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Clydebridge Steel Works
Link:https://cfindlay17.wixsite.com/clydebridge
Description:Clydebridge Steel Works
Extra Info:Also includes histories of other steelworks in Scotland.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited - History
Link:http://archive.org/details/storyofcwsjubile00redfu...
Description:Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited - History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the CWS 1863-1913. Includes many names of branch managers and works, including those in Ireland, and a long service roll.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Commercial Bank of Scotland - Roll of Honour
Link:https://archive.org/details/RollOfHonourOfTheComme...
Description:Commercial Bank of Scotland - Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Extra Info:Online book. Those who gave their lives, and those who served, with details of their service, rank and bank branch.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Coventry Perseverance Co-Operative Society - History
Link:http://archive.org/details/cu31924087522482
Description:Coventry Perseverance Co-Operative Society - History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the society 1867-1917. Describes Coventry in the 1860's and how it led to the formation of the society, early advocates, branches, many names associated with the society and more
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Crook and Neighbourhood Co-operative Corn Mill, Flour and Provision Society Limited - History
Link:http://archive.org/details/cu31924091514970
Description:Crook and Neighbourhood Co-operative Corn Mill, Flour and Provision Society Limited - History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the society 1865-1915. Names of the pioneers, many with photographs, details of committee members, the branches and more.
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:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records
Title:Cwmtillery Website
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20100329151737/http://...
Description:Cwmtillery Website
Extra Info:An archived copy of a website that is no longer live. The history of the village and information is still available to view, including information about the colliery and those that worked there.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Derby Co-operative Provident Society History
Link:http://archive.org/details/jubileehistoryo00holy
Description:Derby Co-operative Provident Society History
Extra Info:History of the Derby Co-operative Provident Society 1850-1900. Includes details on branches, many names associated with the society, photographs and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Desborough Industrial and Provident Co-operative Society Limited - History
Link:https://archive.org/details/cu31924092618549
Description:Desborough Industrial and Provident Co-operative Society Limited - History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the society 1863-1913. Includes a brief history of the society and its branches, includes photographs of some committee members, photographs of the branches, and many of the workers.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Dowty Heritage
Link:https://www.dowtyheritage.org.uk/
Description:Dowty Heritage - The history of Gloucestershire's Global Engineering Group
Extra Info:Includes oral histories of working at the firm, documents, many photographs and more to be catalogued and added to the site.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Minute Books / Meeting Books
Title:Durham Mining Museum
Link:http://www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
Description:Durham Mining Museum
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:East India Company Register and Army List 1845
Link:http://archive.org/details/eastindiaregist00britgo...
Description:East India Company Register and Army List 1845
Extra Info:Online book. Many occupations within the East India Company listed.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Education and Work Records, Occupations
Link:Education and Work Records, Occupations
Description:Find My Past - Education and Work Records, Occupations
Classification:Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors
Link:Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors by Find My Past
Description:Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors by Find My Past
Extra Info:Search registers of UK directors whose companies are registered with Companies House along with the UK’s electoral registers beginning from 2002.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Enfield Highway Co-operative Society Limited - History
Link:https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryjuly00high
Description:Enfield Highway Co-operative Society Limited - A Brief History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the society 1872-1896. Includes a brief history of the society and its branches, includes the names of officers.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Failsworth Industrial Society Limited - History
Link:http://archive.org/details/failsworthindust00ogde
Description:Failsworth Industrial Society Limited - History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the society 1859-1909. List many names of key people of the society, photographs and details of some of the branches and more.
Classification:Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc.
Title:Genes Reunited : Search Indian records
Link:Genes Reunited : Search Indian records
Description:Search Indian Records 1793 and 1933
Extra Info:East India Company pensions, Bengal Civil Service Gradation, East India Register, Indian Army and Civil Service.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Gloucester Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited History
Link:http://archive.org/details/jubileehistoryof00purn
Description:Gloucester Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited History
Extra Info:History of the Gloucester Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited from 1860. Includes details on branches, many names associated with the society, photographs, lists of committee members and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Great and Little Bolton Co-operative Society Limited History
Link:http://archive.org/details/historyofgreatli00peap
Description:Great and Little Bolton Co-operative Society Limited History
Extra Info:History of the Society from 1859-1909. Includes a list of the 66 members who formed the society, information on branches, many names associated with the society, photographs, lists of committee members and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Halifax Industrial Society - History
Link:http://archive.org/details/historyofhalifax00blat
Description:Halifax Industrial Society - History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the society 1851-1901. Lists key members of the society, branch managers, photographs and details of branches and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Highland Railway Company Database
Link:Highland Railway Company Database
Description:Highland Railway Company Database 1854-1900
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Huddersfield Industrial Society Limited - History
Link:http://archive.org/details/huddersfieldindu00balm
Description:Huddersfield Industrial Society Limited - History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the society 1860-1910. List of presidents, storekeepers, photographs and details of the branches and staff and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Hyde Equitable Co-operative Society Limited
Link:http://archive.org/details/jubileehistoryof00jone
Description:Hyde Equitable Co-operative Society Limited
Extra Info:History of the Hyde Equitable Co-operative Society Limited 1862-1912. Includes details on branches, many names associated with the society, photographs and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:John Menzies & Company - Roll of Honour
Link:https://archive.org/details/rollofhonour19141921me...
Description:John Menzies & Company - Roll of Honour 1914-1919
Extra Info:Online book. A list of people from the company who served in the great war, with a separate list for those who gave their lives. Includes name, rank, regiment and branch of the company.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society History
Link:http://archive.org/details/jubileehistoryl00holygo...
Description:Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society History
Extra Info:History of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society from 1847-1897. Includes the names of the 57 pioneers from 1847, details on branches and dates they started, many names associated with the society, photographs, lists of committee members and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Leigh Friendly Co-operative Society Limited History
Link:http://archive.org/details/jubileehistoryof00boyd
Description:Leigh Friendly Co-operative Society Limited History
Extra Info:History of the Leigh Friendly Co-operative Society Limited 1857-1907. Includes details on branches, many names associated with the society, photographs and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Lincoln Equitable Co-operative Industrial Society - History
Link:http://archive.org/details/historyofcoopera00mcinu...
Description:Lincoln Equitable Co-operative Industrial Society - History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the society 1861-1911. Includes details and photographs of the branches, lists of key people, and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:National Bank of Scotland - Roll of Honour
Link:https://archive.org/details/rollofhonour1921nati
Description:National Bank of Scotland - Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Extra Info:Online book. Those who gave their lives, but also those who served with details of their service and address.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records
Title:Oldham Industrial Co-operative Society Limited
Link:http://archive.org/details/jubileehistoryof00tayl
Description:Oldham Industrial Co-operative Society Limited - Jubilee History 1850-1900
Extra Info:Online book. Includes photographs, a list of presidents, details of stalwart Co-operators and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records
Title:Radway Green Accident Books
Link:http://www.andrewalston.co.uk/accidents.html
Description:Radway Green Accident Books - Lists of Persons Mentioned
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Ridgeway Village History
Link:http://www.ridgewayhistory.org.uk
Description:Ridgeway Village History
Extra Info:Click on Contents to see a full list of articles and information. Includes a history of the Phoenix Works.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:RMS Leinster
Link:https://rmsleinster.com/
Description:RMS Leinster
Extra Info:Official site for RMS Leinster, including details of the sinking during World War 1.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Royal Gunpowder Mills
Link:https://www.royalgunpowdermills.com/
Description:Royal Gunpowder Mills
Extra Info:Under History and Heritage then Chronology, includes names of Superintendents.
Museum located in Waltham Abbey, Essex.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Royton Industrial Co-operative Society Limited - A History
Link:http://archive.org/details/roytonindustria00burtgo...
Description:Royton Industrial Co-operative Society Limited - A History 1857-1907
Extra Info:Online book. Includes notable workers, photographs, information on the shops, such as the one at Chadderton and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Search Durham's Hidden Depths
Link:https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/s...
Description:Search for miners working in the Durham coalfields.
Classification:Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Sheerness and the Isle of Sheppey Records
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~penney/genealogy/
Description:Sheerness and the Isle of Sheppey Records
Extra Info:Includes pubs, the light railway, history of some churches, farmer's club members and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Sheffield and Ecclesall Co-Operative Society - History
Link:http://archive.org/details/cu31924092425010
Description:Sheffield and Ecclesall Co-Operative Society - History
Extra Info:Online book. History of the society 1874-1913. Many photographs of past presidents, and names within the society, also photographs of branches and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Singer Manufacturing Company - Employee Roll of Honour
Link:https://archive.org/details/singermemorial191919si...
Description:Singer Manufacturing Company - Employee Roll of Honour
Extra Info:Online book. A list of employees who served in the first world war, including those who gave their lives. Also pictures of the factory.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Stalybridge Good Intent Industrial Co-operative Society Limited History
Link:http://archive.org/details/cu31924091529481
Description:Stalybridge Good Intent Industrial Co-operative Society Limited History
Extra Info:History of the Society from 1859-1909. Includes information on branches, many names associated with the society, photographs, lists of committee members and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Stocksbridge Band of Hope Industrial Co-operative Society Limited History
Link:http://archive.org/details/cu31924092618457
Description:Stocksbridge Band of Hope Industrial Co-operative Society Limited History
Extra Info:History of the Stocksbridge Band of Hope Industrial Co-operative Society Limited 1860-1910. Includes details on branches, many names associated with the society, photographs, lists of committee members and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:Storm and Company, Robin Hoods Bay
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~stormrhb/genealogy/
Description:Storm and Company, Robin Hoods Bay
Extra Info:Includes lists of seamen, as well as details of the vessels.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Sugar Refiners and Sugar Bakers Database and Information
Link:http://www.mawer.clara.net/intro.html
Description:Sugar Refiners and Sugar Bakers Database and Information
Extra Info:Includes Sun fire office valuations, fires and fatalities, case studies and more.
Classification:Information, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:The Bevin Boys Association - The Official site founded 1989
Link:http://bevinboysassociation.co.uk
Description:The Bevin Boys Association - Archives and Information
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records
Title:The Gazette - Official Public Record
Link:https://www.thegazette.co.uk/
Description:The Gazette - Official Public Record
Extra Info:The Gazette is formally the combination of three publications: The London Gazette, The Belfast Gazette and The Edinburgh Gazette. The Gazettes are official journals of record.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records
Title:The Honourable East India Company
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20110207202311/http://h...
Description:Finding East India Company Ancestors
Extra Info:This is a copy of a site that is no longer active. May take a few moments to load, but most information still seems to be available. Collected from various publications.
Classification:Information, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:The Railways Archive
Link:https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/
Description:The Railways Archive
Extra Info:Electronic copies of original documents : Railway Law, Railway safety, Railway economics, Railway politics.
Classification:Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records
Title:The Society of Genealogists (SOG)
Link:https://www.sog.org.uk/
Description:The Society of Genealogists (SOG)
Extra Info:Can search for a surname for free, however a membership is required to access the detailed information. Click Search to see a list of the data online.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Poor Rate, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Todmorden and Walsden
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden...
Description:Todmorden and Walsden
Extra Info:Information and pictures for mills and mines.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Tyneside Family History
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tynesidehistory/gen...
Description:Tyneside Family History
Extra Info:Includes church, schools and early transport photographs for the area.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Union Bank of Scotland - Roll of Honour
Link:https://archive.org/details/unionbankofscotl1922un...
Description:Union Bank of Scotland - Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Extra Info:Online book. Those who gave their lives, but also those who served with details of their service and address.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:United Co-operative Baking Society Limited History
Link:http://archive.org/details/cu31924092618564
Description:United Co-operative Baking Society Limited History
Extra Info:History of the Society from 1869-1919. Includes information on branches, many names associated with the society, photographs, lists of committee members and more.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures
Title:West Midlands Police Museum Website
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20140323091927/http://w...
Description:West Midlands Police Museum Website
Extra Info:Includes lists of Chief Constables and photographs of police vehicles and the police in action.

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