Staffordshire, England : Classification : Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
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| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Antony Maitland's Genealogy Site |
| Link: | http://www.antonymaitland.com/ |
| Description: | Antony Maitland's Genealogy Site |
| Extra Info: | Mainly around Willenhall. May have to search under individual surnames for directory entries etc., also check the Appendices. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Association of Lighthouse Keepers |
| Link: | http://www.alk.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Association of Lighthouse Keepers |
| Extra Info: | Includes lists of keepers and lighthouses. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Beamish Collections Online |
| Link: | http://collections.beamish.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Online Collection from Beamish Museum |
| Extra Info: | Includes photographs, advertising materials, trade catalogues and lots of information about the social history surrounding our ancestors. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Black Sheep Index |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20100722053825/http://w... |
| Description: | Black Sheep Index - Archived Copy |
| Extra Info: | May take a few moments to load. The black sheep index is not available at the present time, however this is a link to an archived copy. Note that some of the files are not available. List miners, churchmen, doctors, police, publicans and more. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Blacksmiths Index |
| Link: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~... |
| Description: | A Genealogical Index of Blacksmiths and Related Occupations |
| Extra Info: | As well as blacksmiths, includes many other related occupations, also blacksmiths residing in asylums and workhouses. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, School / Educational Records, 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: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | British Coastguards 1841-1891 |
| Link: | http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Coastguards/ |
| Description: | British Coastguards 1841-1891 |
| Extra Info: | Includes place of birth and family details in many cases. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849  |
| Link: | British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849 |
| Description: | British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849 |
| Extra Info: | Also includes appointments to ships. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | British Steam Locomotive History |
| Link: | http://www.steamindex.com/ |
| Description: | British Steam Locomotive History |
| Extra Info: | Includes biographies of the civil and locomotive engineers and managers and information on the locomotives themselves. May not work properly in all browsers. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Capital Punishment UK |
| Link: | http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ |
| Description: | Capital Punishment UK - The Resource Site for the History of Capital Punishment |
| Extra Info: | Includes the histories of 'hanging' prisons. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4 |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/publicationscat01br... |
| Description: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes notes on Lord Burghley's map of Lancashire 1590, Catholic chaplaincies and families in the eighteenth century, the KNIGHT family of Lincolnshire, nuns from the institute of Mary in York and more. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 7 |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/miscellanea09cath |
| Description: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 7 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes nuns of St,. Benedict's priory, Colwich, Staffordshire. Also a list of rectors of St Mary's, Highfield Street, Liverpool. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
| Link: | http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/home/ |
| Description: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
| Extra Info: | Includes picture of the mines and details of the mines rescue crews. |
| Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | COMBS and COOMBS Family One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.combs-families.org/combs/ |
| Description: | COMBS and COOMBS Family One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Includes some names from the Worshipful Drapers Company of London. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Diglake Colliery / Audley Colliery, Bignall End, Audley |
| Link: | http://www.warrinerprimaries.com/Topic/names.htm |
| Description: | Diglake Colliery / Audley Colliery, the 1895 Disaster |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Directories and living relatives |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Find My Past - Directories & Living Relatives 1835-1987 |
| Extra Info: | Includes GWR Shareholders and more. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | East Midlands General Baptist History |
| Link: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~... |
| Description: | East Midlands General Baptist History & Transcripts |
| Extra Info: | Includes a list of Missionaries and Baptist members. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Education and Work records, Occupations |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Find My Past - Education and Work records, Occupations |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Family Relatives |
| Link: | http://www.familyrelatives.com/ |
| Description: | Family Relatives - English and Welsh Records |
| Extra Info: | Subscription site. Includes trade directories for many counties. |
| 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 |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Newspapers, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, School / Educational Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Sports Clubs and Associations, Other Records |
| Title: | Genhound Family History Website |
| Link: | http://www.genhound.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Genhound Family History Website |
| Extra Info: | Free to search, pay to view details. New data seems to be added frequently. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Geology Around Stockport, Macclesfield, Congleton, and Leek |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/geologycountrya00et... |
| Description: | Geology of the Country Around Stockport, Macclesfield, Congleton, and Leek. |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes names of mine managers, inspectors, underlookers and more in the preface. General information about the mines and coal as well as detailed geology. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Newspapers, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
| Link: | http://www.btinternet.com/~gumbleton/ |
| Description: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
| Classification: | Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | HALE and HAYTER One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.ourgenealogy.co.uk/tng/hale-ons.php |
| Description: | HALE and HAYTER One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Includes HALE London Apprenticeship Abstracts 1568-1850. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | HEMMINGWAY One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.hemingway.uk.com/ |
| Description: | HEMMINGWAY One Name Study |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Historical Clocks and Watchmakers Website |
| Link: | http://www.clockswatches.com/index.php |
| Description: | Historical Clocks and Watchmakers Website |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Index of UK Portrait and Studio Photographers |
| Link: | http://www.thornburypump.myby.co.uk/PI/ |
| Description: | Index of UK Portrait and Studio Photographers c1840-1950 |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Inner Temple Admissions Database |
| Link: | http://www.innertemple.org.uk/archive/itad/ |
| Description: | Inner Temple Admissions Database |
| Extra Info: | Online biographical information about past members of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, one of the four London-based Inns of Court. Many records include father's name and address. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Institute of Chartered Accountants |
| Link: | http://www.icaew.com/en/library/subject-gateways/a... |
| Description: | Institute of Chartered Accountants |
| Extra Info: | An index to obituaries and photographs of individuals from 1874 to 1965. Also has some details about evolutions of the larger accountancy firms |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Institute of Chartered Accountants - List of Members 1904 |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/listofmembers19000i... |
| Description: | Institute of Chartered Accountants - List of Members 1904 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Lists the members in 1904 and details of their employment. Also includes some members practicing abroad. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Jim Shead's Waterways Information |
| Link: | http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/ |
| Description: | Jim Shead's Waterways Information Relating to Canals and Navigable Rivers in the UK |
| Extra Info: | Includes information about the surveryors, engineers and waterway folk. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Midlands Pubs and Breweries |
| Link: | http://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Midlands Pubs and Breweries |
| Extra Info: | History, information and photographs of Midlands pubs and breweries. Specialising on Birmingham and the Black Country, but also other areas of the Midlands. May not work correctly in all browsers. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Natal Settler Families, South Africa |
| Link: | http://www.genealogyworld.net/rose/ |
| Description: | Natal (now Durban) Settler Families |
| Extra Info: | Ships and passengers who arrived in Natal port (now Durban), South Africa. Also includes other information about Natal, including Chemists allowed to practice in Natal in 1899. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | National Archives - Documents Online - Navy Records and Indexes |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline... |
| Description: | National Archives - Documents Online - Navy Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes medals awarded to merchant seamen in WWI and WWII, also an index to seamen's names 1860 -1867, and more. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | National Archives - WWI Merchant Seamen's Medals |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline... |
| Description: | National Archives - WWI Merchant Seamen's Medals |
| Extra Info: | Campaign medals issues to merchant seamen in world war one. Free to search, but pay to view medal cards. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Police Roll of Honour |
| Link: | http://www.policememorial.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The National Police Officers Roll of Honour and Awards for Gallantry |
| Classification: | Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Pottery Industry Jobs and Descriptions |
| Link: | http://www.thepotteries.org/jobs/ |
| Description: | Pottery Industry Jobs and Descriptions |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | RAF History |
| Link: | http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/ |
| Description: | RAF History |
| Extra Info: | Squadron histories, including disbanded squadrons, images of squadron badges and more. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Railway and Canal Historical Society |
| Link: | http://www.rchs.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Railway and Canal Historical Society |
| Extra Info: | Click on History. Includes an index to British Transport Review 1960-1964 which has many names in it. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Register from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/registerfellows00ir... |
| Description: | Register from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (1901) |
| Extra Info: | Online Book. Includes Fellows, Honorary Fellows, Members Licentiates and Diplomats in State Medicine for 1901. Many address listed. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950  |
| Link: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 |
| Description: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 |
| Extra Info: | For many lists occupation, date of birth and address. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Royal College of Physicians |
| Link: | http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | Royal College of Physicians |
| Extra Info: | Click on resources, library, then for historians and researchers for the Munk's Roll, a list of obituaries of past fellows. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses |
| Link: | http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/index.html |
| Description: | Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses |
| Extra Info: | Includes the war diary of Matron-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force for 1914-1919. |
| Classification: | Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | SEDGWICK Genealogy |
| Link: | http://www.sedgwickuk.org/ |
| Description: | SEDGWICK Genealogy |
| 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.ancestry.com/~mwi/filess... |
| 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 and more. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Valuation Books, School / Educational Records, 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: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Staffordshire Name Indexes |
| Link: | http://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. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | STAVELEY and STAVELY Genealogy |
| Link: | http://www.staveley-genealogy.com/ |
| Description: | STAVELEY and STAVELY Genealogy |
| 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: | http://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: | http://www.yourtotalevent.com/people/idxpepl.htm |
| Description: | STRANGE and STRAINGE Family History |
| Extra Info: | For apprentices click on miscellany. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | STRUDWICK One Name Study |
| Link: | http://strudwicke.com/default.html |
| Description: | STRUDWICK One Name Study |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | The British Institute of Organ Studies |
| Link: | http://www.bios.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The British Institute of Organ Studies |
| Extra Info: | Click on National Pipe Organ Register. Contains details of 31,000 organs including 10,000 pictures and 260 sound recordings, with details of builder, current locations and more. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | The British Tariff for 1862-63 (Customs and Inland Revenue) |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/britishtariff00unkn... |
| Description: | The British Tariff for 1862-63 (Customs and Inland Revenue) |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes a list of officers and clerks. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | The Mills Archive |
| Link: | http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/ |
| Description: | The Mills Archive |
| Extra Info: | A permanent repository for historical and contemporary material on traditional mills and milling. Searching is free, but you need to a 'friend' of the archives to access more detailed information. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | The Society of Brushmakers' Descendants |
| Link: | http://www.brushmakers.com/ |
| Description: | The Society of Brushmakers' Descendants |
| Extra Info: | Includes a list of brushmakers 1790-1890. Index if free, but you will need to join the society for further details. |
| Classification: | Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
| Link: | http://www.sog.org.uk/index.shtml |
| Description: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
| Extra Info: | Can search for a surname for free, however a membership is required to access the detailed information. Check the catalogue to see what information is available online. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | The Stage Archive |
| Link: | https://archive.thestage.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Stage Archive - 125 Years of Stage History and News |
| Extra Info: | The 170,000+ pages provide a rich and fascinating record of changing fortunes and fashion in the world of showbusiness. Subscription required for detailed information. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | The Surman Index Online |
| Link: | http://surman.english.qmul.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | Biographical Card Index of Congregational Ministers |
| Classification: | Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | West Midlands Police Museum Website |
| Link: | http://www.westmidlandspolicemuseum.co.uk/ |
| Description: | West Midlands Police Museum Website |
| Extra Info: | Includes lists of Chief Constables. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Willenhall History Society |
| Link: | http://www.shercliff.demon.co.uk/whs2008/ |
| Description: | Willenhall History Society |
| Extra Info: | Also includes details of cholera outbreaks. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Wolverhampton History and Heritage |
| Link: | http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | Wolverhampton History and Heritage |
| Extra Info: | Includes histories of the people, industry and local areas. With photographs of Wolverhampton and the surrounding area. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Wolverhampton Museum of Industry |
| Link: | http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/muse... |
| Description: | Wolverhampton Museum of Industry |
| Extra Info: | Includes Lock and Key Makers, Bilston Enamels, Metalware Manufactures and much more |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Yesterday's Journey |
| Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yest... |
| Description: | Yesterday's Journey |
| Extra Info: | Mainly Derbyshire. Documents such as settlement papers, coroners records, apprentice records and more. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, School / Educational Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | GENUKI County page for Staffordshire |
| Link: | http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/ |
| Description: | General information for Staffordshire |
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