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Cumberland, England : Classification : Commercial / Trade Directories


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.

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Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records
Title:The Genealogist Website
Link:The Genealogist Website
Description:The Genealogist Website
Extra Info:Subscription site. Includes many university registers, trade directories and more.
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, Newspapers, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Directories, Living Relatives and Newspapers
Link:Directories, Living Relatives and Newspapers
Description:Find My Past - Directories, Living Relatives and Newspapers
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, 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: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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