Soldiers Killed in the Battle of Alma: 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade
(1854)
The commander of the British forces transmitted to the Secretary-at-War this return of casualties among non-commissioned officers and men sustained at and after the battle of Alma, 20 September 1854. This was the opening battle of the Crimean War, in which British forces seized the heights above the river Alma. The returns include those killed and wounded in the battle; missing; dead of wounds, and since dead, to 3 October 1854.SIMPSON. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Soldiers Wounded in the Battle of Alma: 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1854)
The commander of the British forces transmitted to the Secretary-at-War this return of casualties among non-commissioned officers and men sustained at and after the battle of Alma, 20 September 1854. This was the opening battle of the Crimean War, in which British forces seized the heights above the river Alma. The returns include those killed and wounded in the battle; missing; dead of wounds, and since dead, to 3 October 1854.SIMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Trustees and Solicitors
(1854)
Trustees appointed to take over bankrupts' estates in England and Wales, and their solicitors. Trustees are often friends or relatives of the bankrupt: and/or principal creditors
SIMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Victoria Intestates
(1854)
The probate courts of the Australian colonies furnished returns of estates of deceased intestates, giving full name, colonial residence, supposed British or foreign residence of family (often unknown, or left blank), amount of the estate and how much had been disbursed and how. The date of death is often stated, and if by accident, suicide or crime. Names were carried forward from return to return until the estate was expended or exhausted. SIMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1855)
Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
SIMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts: Adjournment of Meetings
(1855)
Adjournments of meetings of creditors of bankrupts in England and WalesSIMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Assignees
(1855)
Assignees of bankrupts' estates (usually principal creditors and/or close relatives of the bankrupt) in England and WalesSIMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Assignments
(1855)
Assignments of bankrupts' estates (usually to principal creditors and/or close relatives of the bankrupt) in England and WalesSIMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Church of England schoolmasters aged under 35 passing certificate papers
(1855)
The Committee of Council on Education for England and Wales produced an annual report which included several lists of teachers and trainee teachers, including an Annual Calendar of Teachers who have Obtained Certificates of Merit (completed to 1 January 1856), from which this sample scan is taken. Then followed class lists for students as at Christmas 1855 in the training schools, arranged by second and first year, and within each year into first, second and third division. Full names are given, surname first. D. indicates that the student had been awarded a Certificate of Competency in Drawing. Similar lists are next given for teachers in elementary schools, assessed into divisions, and arranged by denomination, and within denomination by age (over or under 35), or whether previously certified and passing papers for the second or third year.SIMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1855)
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. July to December 1855.
SIMPSON. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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