Masters of apprentices and clerks
(1793) Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 17 June to 31 December 1793. IR 1/36ENSELL. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Lancashire Marriages
(1796) Volume 2 of the Monthly Magazine and British Register contains issues 6 to 11, for July to December 1796, plus a supplement. Each issue included notices of news, marriages and deaths in and around London, and a section entitled Provincial Occurrences, 'including accounts of all Improvements relating to Agriculture, the Commerce, the Economy, the Police, &c. of every part of the Kingdom; with Notices of eminent Marriages, and of all the Deaths reported in the Provincial Prints: to which are added, Biographical Anecdotes of remarkable and distinguished Characters.'ENSELL. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Bristol
(1790-1797) The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Bath). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
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Bankrupts
(1786-1806) William Smith's abstracts of bankrupts, dividends and certificates for England and Wales from 1786 to June 1806. Bankruptcy causes abrupt changes in people's lives, and is often the reason for someone appearing suddenly in a different location or in a different occupation.ENSELL. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Merchants, Traders and Respectable Inhabitants of Birmingham
(1818) Wrightson's New Triennial Directory of Birmingham included this 'Alphabetical List of the Merchants, Traders and Respectable Inhabitants of the Town'.ENSELL. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, Bankrupts, Dividends and Patents
(1821) Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, bankrupts and dividends, and patents, as reported in the Monthly Magazine or British Register. Includes some marriages and deaths from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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Bankrupts
(1835) Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
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Insolvents
(1837) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksENSELL. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1840) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
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Insolvents
(1842) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksENSELL. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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