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Glamorgan, Wales : 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, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Register & Rent Rolls, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Aberavon Historical Friends
Link:http://www.aberavon-historical-friends.co.uk/
Description:Local and Genealogy History of Aberavon
Extra Info: Photographs of local churches and chapels, merchant seamen of the area (under people), subsidy and rent rolls and more.
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, 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, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Poor Rate
Title:CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study
Link:http://www.cluett.org.uk/
Description:CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study
Extra Info:Part way down the home page is the Search link.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc.
Title:COMLEY One Name Study
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~andrewmead/genealog...
Description:COMLEY One Name Study
Extra Info:Includes COMLEY, COMELEY, COMELY, COMLY, COMBLY variants
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:CRIBB Family Name
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20150801100140/http://w...
Description:CRIBB Family Name
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most data still seems 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, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records
Title:DIBDEN One Name Study
Link:https://www.angelfire.com/ar3/dibden_onename/
Description:DIBDEN One Name Study, Including Variants
Extra Info:Many references to the DIBDEN name.
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, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:FOSKETT One Name Study
Link:http://www.foskett-genealogy.co.uk/
Description:FOSKETT One Name Study
Extra Info:Click on records for many FOSKETTs.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:GANDER / GANDAR One Name Study
Link:https://gander.one-name.net/
Description:GANDER / GANDAR One Name Study
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Records
Title:HALE Family History
Link:http://halefamily.net
Description:HALE Family History - in the West of England and South Wales
Extra Info:Click on 'much more' for histories, trade directories and more.
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, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records
Title:HOWELL - A Glamorgan Family
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20220808165916/http://...
Description:HOWELL - A Glamorgan Family
Extra Info:An archived copy of the site. Most information is available to view. Mainly around Rhyndwyclydach. Includes a full list of Chapel members for Gellionnen and Baran.
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
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, 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, Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:People's Collection Wales
Link:https://www.peoplescollection.wales/
Description:People's Collection Wales
Extra Info:Use the search box to find places or topics quickly. Includes many trade directory scans, some tithe maps, photographs and much more.
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, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Other Records
Title:PREECE One Name Study
Link:http://www.preecefamilyhistory.co.uk/
Description:PREECE One Name Study
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Valuation Books, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:SERCOMBE, SIRCOMBE, SURCOMBE, or SIRCOM One Name study
Link:http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe.html
Description:A Compilation of SERCOMBE Families
Extra Info:Scroll down to sources of information.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Tithe Records, Register & Rent Rolls, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:STERRY One Name Study
Link:https://www.sterryworldwide.com/
Description:STERRY One Name Study
Extra Info:Includes STERRY apprentices, London guilds, manorial records, newspaper extracts 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
Title:Swansea and District Directory
Link:http://archive.org/details/swanseadistrictd00swanu...
Description:Swansea and District Directory 1913-14
Extra Info:Online book.
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, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:Wales Data from Ancestry
Link:Wales Data from Ancestry
Description:Wales Data Collection from Ancestry
Extra Info:Includes Law List, 1843; various directories and gazetteers; criminal registers and more.

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