Members of Durham University and Newcastle College of Medicine
(1861) This alphabetical list of members of the University of Durham and of the College of Medicine, Newcastle, gives full names; those marked with an asterisk being Members of Convocation; those marked with a dagger being either fellows or late fellows of the university. On the righthand side is a column of dates. In the case of graduates this is the year in which the examination for the degree of B. A. was passed; and in the case of Licentiates in Theology, and of Civil Engineers, to the year in which each passed the final examination. Those dates that are marked with a double dagger are years in which the graduate, being a member of another university, passed the final examination in theology at Durham. The centre column gives the degree and, where appropriate, college. WILLIAMS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Members of the Royal Agricultural Society of England
(1861) The list of members of the Royal Agricultural Society gives names and addresses: life members are indicated by a dagger. (The names of 60 members were omitted on account of their subscriptions to the society being in arrear to 31 December 1859). This list is correct to June 1861; as of 11 December of that year there were 84 life governors, 95 annual governors, 1124 life members, 3399 annual members and 17 honorary members, making a total of 4719 names, mostly of landowners and agriculturists.WILLIAMS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Memorials of dead Wesleyans
(1861) The Christian Miscellany and Family Visiter, a Wesleyan Methodist monthly published in London, carried two or three obituaries in each issue, under the heading Memorials of the Dead. Each concentrates on the subject's spiritual life, and often will dwell on his or her expressions of resolute Christian faith in the face of death. The index includes, as well as the deceased, the occasional other persons (such as the Reverend James Taylor in this sample scan) mentioned in the narratives.WILLIAMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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New South Wales Intestates
(1861) 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. WILLIAMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Patentees of New Inventions
(1861) Abstracts of British patents for new inventions applied for and granted from 1 January to 31 December 1861: giving date, name and address, and short description of the invention. It is then stated whether 'Letters patent sealed' or 'Provisional protection only'.WILLIAMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Residents and Traders in Birmingham
(1861) William Cornish's Corporation General and Trades Directory covered Birmingham, Coventry and the towns of the Black Country. The Birmingham section contains both street lists and this general alphabetical directory. WILLIAMS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Victoria Intestates
(1861) 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. WILLIAMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Women Students Entering Stockwell Teacher Training College
(1861) This list, revised to August 1908, gives the student's name and her then address (if known); the Remarks column indicates whether she left the course early; left the profession; went abroad; died; became a headmistress; and/or married: married name is often given. WILLIAMS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Contributors to Female Missions of the Church of Scotland: Edinburgh
(1861-1862) Contributions received on behalf of the Ladies' Association for Promoting the Education of Jewish Females; from 30 November 1861 to 30 November 1862WILLIAMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Boys entering Harrow School
(1862) This First 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; and a synopsis of his career, so far as known.
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