 Masters of Apprentices registered in Scotland
(1750-1754)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's father's name and address, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. There are central registers for collections of the stamp duty in London, as well as returns from collectors in the provinces and in Scotland. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Norfolk return)SHERIFFS. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Edinburgh Directory
(1819)
The Post-Office Annual Directory, from Whitsunday 1819 to Whitsunday 1820. Containing an alphabetical arrangement of the noblemen, private gentlemen, merchants, traders, and others, in the city and suburbs of Edinburgh, with their residence. Printed by John Pillans, published under the patronage of the Rt Hon the Earl of Caithness, Postmaster-General for Scotland.SHERIFFS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1840)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksSHERIFFS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of Ships Registered at Aberdeen (1847)
This list of the 227 ships registered at Aberdeen gives each vessel's name; rig (bg=brigantine; br=barque; sc=schooner; sh=ship; sl=sloop; sm=smack; st sh=steamship; st tug=steam tug); surname of the master; year built; tonnage; and the name of the owner or agent.
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Registered Electors of Dunnichen, Forfarshire (1847)
This alphabetical list gives full names and addresses.
SHERIFFS. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Registered Electors of Fetteresso, Kincardineshire (1847)
This alphabetical list gives full names and addresses.
SHERIFFS. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Registered Electors of Guthrie, Forfarshire (1847)
This alphabetical list gives full names and addresses.
SHERIFFS. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Registered Electors of St Vigeans, Forfarshire (1847)
This alphabetical list gives full names and addresses.
SHERIFFS. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Medical Men
(1853)
The British Medical Directory for England, Scotland, and Wales of 1853 lists doctors, physicians, surgeons and other medical men. Each entry gives full name, surname first; address; qualifications; public appointments; and (where appropriate) a list of books and of works published in medical journals.SHERIFFS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Scottish Bankrupts
(1858)
Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included lists of sequestrations of Scottish bankrupts' estates. The initial entry gives the name of the bankrupt (surname first, in capitals), trade and address; the dates and place of the stages of the sequestration process, and the date by which claims against the estate were to be lodged. This is the index to the names of the bankrupts, from the issues from January to December 1858: it also covers dissolutions of partnerships in Scotland, and the names of trustees, assignees, attorneys &c. mentioned in these Scottish cases.SHERIFFS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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