Rackstraw Surname Ancestry ResultsOur indexes 1000-1999 include entries for the spelling 'rackstraw'. In the period you have requested, we have the following 59 records (displaying 21 to 30): Single Surname Subscription | | Buying all 59 results of this search individually would cost £352.00. But you can have free access to all 59 records for a year, to view, to save and print, for £100. Save £252.00. More... |
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(1796) 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 name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 12 February to 31 December 1796. IR 1/37RACKSTRAW. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Inhabitants of Gravesend in Kent
(1790-1797) The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Hull). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
RACKSTRAW. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Inhabitants of Oxford
(1790-1797) The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Nottingham). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
RACKSTRAW. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Apprentices registered in Berkshire
(1798) 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 name, 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. These collectors generally received duty just from their own county, but sometimes from further afield. The indentures themselves can date from a year or two earlier than this return. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Bristol return. Each entry has two scans, the other being the facing page with the details of the indenture, length of service, and payment of duty.) IR 1/68RACKSTRAW. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Inhabitants of London
(1805) Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805 to 1807 includes this 'London Alphabet. Private Residences'. About 10,000 people are recorded.RACKSTRAW. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Traders and professionals in London
(1805) Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805 to 1807 includes this 'London Alphabet of Businesses, Professions, &c.': coverage is good; about 30,000 individuals are recorded.RACKSTRAW. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Bankrupts
(1786-1806) William Smith's abstracts of bankrupts, dividends and certificates for England and Wales from 1786 to June 1806. Bankruptcy causes abrupt changes in people's lives, and is often the reason for someone appearing suddenly in a different location or in a different occupation.RACKSTRAW. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Bankrupts
(1808) The European Magazine was published monthly in London; volumes 53 and 54 cover January to December 1808. At the close of each volume a list of English bankrupts is given for the half-year, with surname, initials, address, trade, and the names of the solicitors dealing with each case. This is the index to the bankrupts (not the solicitors) for the whole of the year.RACKSTRAW. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Bankrupts
(1808-1810) William Smith's abstracts of bankruptcies for England and Wales from 1 January 1808 to 1 August 1810. Bankruptcy causes abrupt changes in people's lives, and is often the reason for someone appearing suddenly in a different location or in a different occupation.RACKSTRAW. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| London Traders
(1814) The fifteenth edition of The Post-Office Annual Directory includes this 'List of More than 17,000 Merchants, Traders, &c. of London, and Parts Adjacent', arranged alphabetically by surname, with trade in italics, and address.RACKSTRAW. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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