Apprentices registered in Scotland
(1778) 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. There are central registers for collections of the stamp duty in London, as well as returns from collectors in the provinces. These collectors generally received duty just from their own county, but sometimes from further afield. The indentures themselves can date from a year or two earlier than this return. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Bristol return. Each entry has two scans, the other being the facing page with the details of the indenture, length of service, and payment of duty.) IR 1/60ROWATT. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Revenue Coast Guard
(1830-1831) Appointments 11 August 1830 to 11 August 1831:
1a. Return of all persons appointed to situations in the department of the Excise, and of persons nominated as expectants to receive instructions to qualify them to become officers: giving date of appointment or nomination; name; station; salary and emolument.
1b. Return of all persons re-appointed to situations in the Excise: giving name; station in which dropped; salary and emoluments; when and to what station re-appointed; salary and emoluments. This return is split into England, Scotland and Ireland.
2. Return of the different persons appointed to situations in the departments of the Customs: stating port; office; name of officer; when admitted; and salary and emoluments.
3. This return of men appointed to situations in the Revenue Coast Guard: with date of appointment; name; rank; salary; and emoluments.ROWATT. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Glasgow Directory
(1835) 'The Post-Office Annual Directory For 1835-56: Containing An Alphabetical List of the Merchants, Traders, Manufacturers, and Principal Inhabitants: And A Second List of the Names of Merchants, Manufacturers and Traders, in Glasgow and Suburbs, Classed and Arranged under Each Distinct Head of Trade or Profession with A Street Directory: And An Appendix, Containing Many Useful Lists' was published in Glasgow in 1835. This main alphabetical section is from page 21 to 253, and comprises about 11,000 entries.ROWATT. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1836) 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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Patentees of New Inventions
(1864) Abstracts of British patents for new inventions applied for and granted from 1 January to 31 December 1864: giving date, name and address, and short description of the invention. It is then stated whether 'Letters patent sealed' or 'Provisional protection only'.ROWATT. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Patentees of New Inventions
(1866) Abstracts of British patents for new inventions applied for and granted from 1 January to 31 December 1866: giving date, name and address, and short description of the invention. It is then stated whether 'Letters patent sealed' or 'Provisional protection only'.ROWATT. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Patentees of New Inventions
(1870) Index of patentees and applicants for patents of inventions in 1870: giving full name of patentee (surname first); number of patent (in bold); date (within 1870); and subject-matter. Where the patentee was acting as agent for third parties, their names are given in italics in the subject-matter column.ROWATT. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Partnerships Dissolved
(1880) Dissolution of trading partnerships, or removal of a partner from a business, in England and Wales, October to December 1880ROWATT. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Scottish Debtors, Insolvents and Bankrupts
(1880) Protests on Bills of Exchange, Sequestrations and Cessio Bonorums in Scotland, October to December 1880ROWATT. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Men-at-the-Bar
(1885) Joseph Foster's Hand-List of Men-at-the-Bar gives a paragraph biography of men who had been called to the bar and were alive in 1885. After the full name (surname first, in capitals) there is a short statement of occupation or practice; a student at which inn of court; when called to the bar; father's name and then address; when born; if married, and, if so, wife's name (and her father's name) is often given. At the foot, in small type, is present residence, as of 1885.ROWATT. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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