Inhabitants of Birmingham
(1850) Francis White & Co.'s History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Warwickshire for 1850 lists nobility, gentry, clergy, other private residents, farmers and traders, hundred by hundred and village by village, with separate sections for the large towns. This long alphabetical section lists inhabitants of Birmingham.SHAYLER. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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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. SHAYLER. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1854) Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
SHAYLER. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts: Adjournment of Meetings
(1854) Adjournments of meetings of creditors of bankrupts in England and WalesSHAYLER. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1854) Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitors: in England and WalesSHAYLER. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1855) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders: in England and Wales
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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.
SHAYLER. Cost: £6.00.  | 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. SHAYLER. Cost: £4.00.  | 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. SHAYLER. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Unclaimed Naval Prize Money
(1855-1902) Various prize moneys were awarded to officers and men who served on board her Majesty's ships. For one reason or another a substantial number of these prizes, from as little as a shilling or two to as much as many pounds, remained undistributed by 1902, when this comprehensive list of the unclaimed moneys was printed: it lists unclaimed shares of prize money, slave and pirate bounties, salvage awards, parliamentary grants, gratuities and other moneys distributed by the Admiralty 1855 to 1902, but which omits moneys for service on the China Station during the war of 1856 to 1880, and special gratuities for service in Egypt (1882), Soudan (1884) and Soudan and Nile Expedition (1884-1885), for which there are separate indexes. In each case the sailor's name is given first (surname, then christian name or initials); rank or rating; ship in which serving at time of capture or award; and the amount due.SHAYLER. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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