Post Office Workers
(1855-1856) This 'List of all persons who have obtained certificates of qualification for appointments in the various public departments' from 21 May 1855 to 31 December 1856 was issued by the Civil Service Commission. It gives full name, surname first; department; situation; and date of certificate. The names of those candidates who obtained honorary additions to their certificates are preceded by an asterisk; the names of the candidates who obtained appointments as the result of competition are preceded by a dagger.BECK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1856) Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
BECK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Assignments
(1856) Assignments of bankrupts' estates (usually to principal creditors and/or close relatives of the bankrupt) in England and WalesBECK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1856) Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad. January to June 1856
BECK. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1856) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
BECK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Gentry in London
(1856) The Post Office London Directory for 1856 includes this 'Court Directory', listing alphabetically by surname and christian name the upper class residents of the capital with their postal addresses. 'In order to afford space for the addresses, the abbreviation "esq." for esquire has no longer been appended to each name in the Court Directory. It should be understood that such should be added to the name of every gentleman in the following pages to which no inconsistent addition is affixed.' Decorations, honours &c. are generally given. Some gentlemen appear who are also listed (as professional men, &c.) in the commercial section. Those with second residences in the provinces usually have the country address given as well.BECK. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1856) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksBECK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Passengers Missing from the Wreck of the Josephine Willis
(1856) The sailing ship Josephine Willis, from Liverpool to New Zealand, was run down by the steamer Mangerton from Limerick, in the English Channel off Folkestone, on 4 February 1856, and sank with the loss of almost all the passengers. BECK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and professionals in London
(1856) The Post Office London Directory for 1856 includes this 'Commercial and Professional Directory', recording over 100,000 individuals. BECK. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Policemen
(1843-1857) The Metropolitan Police Register of Joiners (MEPO 4/334) lists policemen joining the force 1 January 1843 to 1 April 1857 (warrant numbers 19893 to 35804). The register is alphabetical, in so far as the recruits are listed chronologically grouped under first letter of surname. It gives Date of Appointment, Name, Number of Warrant, Cause of Removal from Force (resigned, dismissed, promoted or died), and Date of Removal. Although the register was closed for new entrants at the end of 1842, the details of removals were always recorded, some being twenty or more years later. Those recruits not formerly in the police, the army, or some government department, were required to provide (normally) at least two letters of recommendation from persons of standing, and details of these are entered on the facing pages: the names in these are indexed separately - this index refers only to the police constables. Where a recruit was only recently arrived in the metropolis, the names and addresses of the recommenders can be invaluable for tracing where he came from.BECK. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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