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.GEIKIE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Edinburgh Directory
(1819) The Post-Office Annual Directory, from Whitsunday 1819 to Whitsunday 1820. Containing an alphabetical arrangement of the noblemen, private gentlemen, merchants, traders, and others, in the city and suburbs of Edinburgh, with their residence. Printed by John Pillans, published under the patronage of the Rt Hon the Earl of Caithness, Postmaster-General for Scotland.GEIKIE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Assignees
(1829) Assignees of bankrupts' estates (usually principal creditors and/or close relatives of the bankrupt)GEIKIE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1840) Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsGEIKIE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of partnerships in England and Wales
(1846) Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included lists of dissolutions of partnerships gazetted in England and Wales. The names of the partners are given in full, surnames in capitals, followed by trade and address, and date of the end of the partnership. Each entry usually ends with the phrase 'Debts by ...', indicating which partner intended to continue, and resume the responsibilities of, the business. This is the index to the names of the partners, from the issues from January to December 1846.GEIKIE. 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.GEIKIE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Missionaries and contributors
(1864) The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle records the work of Christian missionaries throughout the world, and of the supporting missionary societies collecting money for the work in the British Isles. Contributions are listed by congregation, and by family members making donations.GEIKIE. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Members of the Society of Biblical Archaeology
(1876) This membership list of the Society of Biblical Archaeology is corrected to January 1876; it gives names and addresses, asterisks indicating members of the society's council.GEIKIE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Members of the Northamptonshire Natural History Society and Field Club
(1885) This society was founded 'to encourage a taste for Natural History, and to facilitate its study by meetings for the reading of papers, the exhibition of specimens, the formation of a library and museum, and the record of the Natural History facts of Northamptonshire'. This membership list, corrected to April 1885, lists members alphabetically by surname and initials, with address: where no town is mentioned, Northampton to be understood. Honorary members have an H prefixed to their name; corresponding members C; life members L.GEIKIE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Boys entering Harrow School
(1887) This Second Volume of the Second Series of the Harrow School Register was edited by J. H. Stogdon and published in 1925. The boys are listed by term of entrance, and then alphabetically by surname and christian names (in bold). Next, in brackets and in italics, is the school house to which he belonged - or, H. B. indicating a day boy whose family lived in Harrow. Stogdon then gives the father's surname and initials, and address. In cases where the boy was prominent in sports at school, or won academic prizes, scholarships &c., that is given; then the year of leaving the school; a synopsis of his career; and, where known, his address as of 1925, in italics. GEIKIE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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