 Clerks and apprentices
(1782)
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. 2 January to 31 December 1782. IR 1/31WOULDS. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Greenwich 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.
WOULDS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1807)
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.
WOULDS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Assignees
(1840)
Assignees of bankrupts' estates (usually principal creditors and/or close relatives of the bankrupt) in England and WalesWOULDS. Cost: £6.00. | 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 linksWOULDS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dividends of bankrupts' estates
(1842)
Dividends from moneys raised from bankrupts' estates in England and WalesWOULDS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1844)
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.
WOULDS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1844)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
WOULDS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Macclesfield in Cheshire
(1910)
Alphabetical list of inhabitants from Seed's Macclesfield and District Directory. (j) indicates journeyman.WOULDS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Telephone Subscribers
(1939)
The London telephone directory lists subscribers alphabetically by surname and then by christian name or initials, with their postal address and telephone number. This is the L to Z directory issued in May 1939, but also contains some names from earlier in the alphabet, for instance in the separate section for midwives. The London telephone districts comprised not only the city centre, but also the very extensive suburbs in the Home Counties (Essex, Kent, Surrey and Middlesex).WOULDS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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