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Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk

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

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