Bankrupts' Estates
(1848) Bankrupts' estates for England and Wales vested in assignees: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
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Traders and professionals in London
(1851) The Post Office London Directory for 1851 includes this 'Commercial and Professional Directory', recording about 80,000 individuals. SANDELL. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Medical Men
(1853) The British Medical Directory for England, Scotland, and Wales of 1853 lists doctors, physicians, surgeons and other medical men. Each entry gives full name, surname first; address; qualifications; public appointments; and (where appropriate) a list of books and of works published in medical journals.SANDELL. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Estates
(1854) Transfers of bankrupts' estates in England and Wales to assigneesSANDELL. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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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 linksSANDELL. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Unclaimed Dividends
(1855) The unclaimed dividend books of the Bank of England, containing names and descriptions of over 20,000 persons entitled to many millions of pounds accumulated in the bank unclaimed during the 18th and 19th centuries, mostly in consols and annuities, and transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt.
SANDELL. 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.SANDELL. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and professionals in London
(1856) The Post Office London Directory for 1856 includes this 'Commercial and Professional Directory', recording over 100,000 individuals. SANDELL. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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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.SANDELL. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Customs Officers in Liverpool
(1858) Complete lists of serving customs officers and clerks in the Port of London and all the outports of Britain and Ireland (including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands) were published each year in The British Tariff. This issue is corrected to 30 September 1858: the sample scan shows the entry for Hartlepool.SANDELL. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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