British Abroad, British Abroad : Classification : Photographs / Pictures
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| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | 1820 British Settlers to South Africa |
| Link: | http://www.1820settlers.com/ |
| Description: | 1820 British Settlers to South Africa |
| Extra Info: | Information about the 1820 British settlers to South Africa, including transcribed letters, photographs and pictures of some of the settlers and a forum. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | British India Family History |
| Link: | http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/ |
| Description: | British India Family History |
| Extra Info: | Includes a list of some who were born and died on the voyage to India. Also has photograph of some of the British railway workers of the area. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | British Pathe Film Archive |
| Link: | http://www.britishpathe.com/ |
| Description: | British Pathe Film Archive 1896-1970 |
| Extra Info: | All sorts of social history on film as well as royal visits, wing walkers, early pictures of heathrow, swimming galas and much more. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Colonial Film Database |
| Link: | http://colonialfilm.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Colonial Film - Moving Images of the British Empire |
| Extra Info: | The website holds detailed information on over 6000 films showing images of life in the British colonies. Over 150 can be viewed online. The archive can be searched by date, country, topic or keyword. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Connected Histories |
| Link: | http://www.connectedhistories.org/ |
| Description: | British History Sources, 1500-1900, from the Universities of London, Hertfordshire, and Sheffield |
| Extra Info: | Burney collection of newspapers, British History Online, the Charles Booth Archive, Old Bailey Online and much more... |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Digital South Asia Library |
| Link: | http://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, 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: | http://www.new.fibis.org/ |
| Description: | Families in British India Society |
| Extra Info: | The Fibis database and FIbiWiki sections appear to contain most of the information. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Gjenvick Archives |
| Link: | http://www.gjenvick.com/ |
| Description: | Gjenvick Archives |
| Extra Info: | A large private collecton of historical documents from the 1800s through 1954 with emphasis on Steamship and Ocean Liner documents, photographs and passenger lists. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Images of Empire from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum |
| Link: | http://www.imagesofempire.com/ |
| Description: | Images of Empire from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum |
| Extra Info: | Many galleries attributed to named individuals. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
| Link: | http://www.movinghere.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | P & O Heritage and Archives |
| Link: | http://www.poheritage.com/ |
| Description: | P & O Heritage and Archives |
| Extra Info: | Includes British India Steam Navigation Company, the Orient Line and other companies absorbed into P&O. The archive contains photographs, ephemera, fact sheets on the individual ships, with the shipbuilders' details and more. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | People's Network |
| Link: | http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/discover/simple |
| Description: | People's Network |
| Extra Info: | Items from a range of libraries, museums and archives including images and audio. Lots of photographs from mines in Durham to the scenery in Skye and much more. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Science and Society Picture Library |
| Link: | http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Science and Society Picture Library |
| Extra Info: | Over 50,000 images from buildings, such as textile mills, to pictures of historical fire engines. |
| Classification: | Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Army Children Archive |
| Link: | http://www.archhistory.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Army Children Archive |
| Extra Info: | Information about what it was like to be an army child, includes sections on schooling, healthcare and hospitals. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs |
| Link: | http://repository.library.northwestern.edu/wintert... |
| Description: | The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs 1860-1960 |
| Extra Info: | A collection of about 7,610 photographs, depicting life, primarily in East Africa, between about 1860 and 1960. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Link: | http://www.waymarking.com/ |
| Description: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Extra Info: | Pictures of all types of interesting places and features including prisons, churches, pubs, schools and more. Easy to search. |
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