Civil Service Appointments
(1855-1857)
The Civil Service Commission published this annual list of all persons who had obtained certificates of qualification for appointment in the various public departments. The list gives full name (surname first); department (such as Post Office, or Inland Revenue); situation (such as Letter-carrier, or Clerk); and date of certificate. Candidates whose names are preceded by a dagger obtained appointments as the result of competition. Those whose names are preceded by an asterisk obtained honorary additions to their certificates either for proficiency in extra subjects chosen by themselves, or for marked proficiency in the prescribed subjects. This list covers the period from 21 May 1855 (the date of the original Order in Council) to 31 December 1857.FOSTER. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Calcutta Marriage Notices: Brides
(1856-1857)
A compilation of marriage notices from Calcutta newspapers published in England in the Indian Mail in 1857, and covering the period 24 October 1856 to 16 November 1857. Most of the marriages recorded took place within the Bengal presidency. FOSTER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankruptcy meeting adjournments
(1857)
Adjournments of bankruptcy meetings in England and WalesFOSTER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankruptcy meetings
(1857)
Bankruptcy meetings in England and WalesFOSTER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1857)
Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
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Boys entering Rugby School
(1857)
This edition of Rugby School Register was published in 1933: the volume covering 1675 to 1857 contains 6480 entries, based on the original school admission registers, but elaborated with general biographical information wherever the editor was able to do so. The entries for the 17th and early 18th centuries are much less detailed than those for later years. The arrangement of the fullest entries was to give the boy's full name (surname first, in bold); whether eldest, second, &c., son; father's name and address as of when the boy entered school; the boy's age at entry and birthday; name of the house (in the school) to which he belonged; then a brief general biography; and date and place of death. FOSTER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Cinque Port Pilots
(1857)
The Mercantile Navy List and Annual Appendage to the Commercial Code of Signals for All Nations, edited by J. H. Brown, was published By Authority in 1857. It includes this list of Pilots at the Cinque Ports. From Dungeness to Gravesend, and vice versa. The sample scan is from the main list of masters and pilots.FOSTER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1857)
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 1857
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1857)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
FOSTER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1857)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksFOSTER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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