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, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Digital South Asia Library |
Link: | https://dsal.uchicago.edu/ |
Description: | Digital South Asia Library |
Extra Info: | Click on reference for the searchable Imperial Gazetteer of India. Also includes photographs and maps of India and South Asia. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Families in British India Society |
Link: | https://www.fibis.org |
Description: | Families in British India Society |
Extra Info: | The Fibis database and FIbiWiki sections appear to contain most of the information. |
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, Servants / Slaves Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | Jamaican Family Search |
Link: | http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/ |
Description: | Jamaican Family Search |
Extra Info: | Includes many British people in Jamaica. There is also a useful site search. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Scotland Data from Ancestry |
Link: | Scotland Data from Ancestry |
Description: | Scotland Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories and Gazetteers and more. |
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