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British merchant seamen (1835-1836) At this period, the foreign trade of ships plying to and from the British isles involved about 150,000 men on 15,000 ships; and the coasting trade about a quarter as many more. A large proportion of the seamen on these ships were British subjects, and so liable to be pressed for service in the Royal Navy; but there was no general register by which to identify them, so in 1835 parliament passed a Merchant Seamen's Registration Bill. Under this act this large register of British seamen was compiled, based on ships' crew lists gathered in British and Irish ports, and passed up to the registry in London. Each seaman was assigned a number, and the names were arranged in the register by first two letters of the surname (our sample scan shows one of the pages for 'Sm'); in addition, an attempt was made to separate out namesakes by giving the first instance of a name (a), the second (b), and so on. But no effective method was devised to prevent the same man being registered twice as he appeared in a second crew list; moreover, the original crew lists were clearly difficult for the registry clerks to copy, and some of the surname spellings appear to be corrupted. A parliamentary committee decided that the system devised did not answer the original problem, and this register was abandoned after less than two years: but it is an apparently comprehensive source for British merchant seamen in 1835 to 1836. The register records the number assigned to each man; his name; age; birthplace; quality (master, captain, mate, 2nd mate, mariner, seaman, fisherman, cook, carpenter, boy &c.); and the name and home port of his ship, with the date of the crew list (usually at the end of a voyage). Most of the men recorded were born in the British Isles, but not all (for instance, Charleston and Stockholm appear in the sample scan). The final column 'How disposed of' is rarely used, and indicates those instances where a man died, was discharged, or deserted his ship during the voyage. WEIGH. Cost: £8.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Bankrupts' Estates (1854) Transfers of bankrupts' estates in England and Wales to assignees WEIGH. Cost: £6.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Insolvents (1854) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links WEIGH. Cost: £6.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Registered Church of England schoolmasters aged under 35 (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. Then there are lists of 'teachers provisionally registered for completion of their present engagements with Pupil-Teachers', arranged by age and denomination, as well as teachers of 35 years or more registered for capitation grants, again arranged by denomination. WEIGH. Cost: £6.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Residents of Cork (1875) Alphabetical directory of the city and suburbs of Cork from Francis Guy's county and city almanac WEIGH. Cost: £8.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Unclaimed Stock and Dividends in the Bank of England (1883-1884) Volume 76 of The Law Times, 'The Journal of The Law and The Lawyers', a weekly publication, runs from 3 November 1883 to 26 April 1884. Each week there was this list of Unclaimed Stock and Dividends in the Bank of England transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and which would be paid to the claimants named within three months, unless some other claimants sooner appeared. The names given and here indexed are therefore those of the original owners and of the claimants. WEIGH. Cost: £6.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Debtors, Insolvents and Bankrupts (1887) Bills of sale (binding assets to a creditor/lender), insolvencies and bankruptcies in England and Wales, October to December 1887 WEIGH. Cost: £6.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Residents of Bournemouth (1934) Kelly's Directory of Bournemouth and Poole for 1934 includes this section listing private residents in Bournemouth, Branksome Park, Boscombe, Boscombe East, Ensbury, Ensbury Park, Pokesdown and Winton. WEIGH. Cost: £4.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Inhabitants of Liverpool (1955) Kelly's (Gore's) Directory of Liverpool and District includes this alphabetical list of residents and traders, with names, addresses, and (where applicable) telephone numbers. Covering a large area around Liverpool, the directory includes Bootle, Birkenhead and Wallasey, and thus the populous areas of southwest Lancashire and of the Wirral peninsula of Cheshire. WEIGH. Cost: £4.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge

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