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.FERRIMAN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1824) Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad. January to June 1824.FERRIMAN. 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. FERRIMAN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Voters for Spaldwick
(1857) A poll for the election of two knights of the shire to represent the county of Huntingdon took place 2 April 1857: the candidates were James Rust (1192 votes), Edward Fellowes (1106) and John Moyer Heathcote (1106). This poll book lists those electors who voted, described as 'freeholders', although the county franchise included not only male freeholders of 40s a year, but also £10 copyholders and long-leaseholders, and £50 short-leaseholders and tenants. The names are arranged by parish or township, and the residence of each voter is given. Many of these freeholders did not live in the place from which they acquired the right to vote. The right-hand column indicates how they voted.FERRIMAN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Trainee Schoolmistresses in England and Wales
(1876) The Education Department set examinations for candidates for admission into training colleges, and for the office of teacher. This is the list of successful female candidates from England and Wales at the examination in July 1876. The number in the first column shows order of merit in each class in the examination; then there is the name of the candidate (surname, christian name and any intermediate initial(s)), the school in which engaged, and the training college at which examined. The names of pupil teachers are shown in italics, with the 'school in which engaged' column left blank. These abbreviations are used in the names of schools: B., British; Bd., Board; Ch., Church of England; N., National; P., Parochial; R. C., Roman Catholic; U., Poor Law Union; W., Wesleyan Methodist.FERRIMAN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Abingdon in Berkshire
(1877) Gentry, farmers and traders listed in J. G. Harrod's Royal County Directory of Berkshire. (The sample scan is from the section for Wallingford)FERRIMAN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Trainee Schoolmistresses at Warrington
(1877) The Education Department set examinations of trainee teachers at the various training colleges in Britain. This is the class list of the women who took examinations at the Teacher Training College at Christmas 1877. The names are given for the second year first, arranged by division in the examination (in order of merit for the first and second divisions), and then for the students of the first year, arranged similarly. Full names are given (with initials for middle names). The letter (D.) indicates that the candidate had obtained a certificate of competency as a teacher of drawing. FERRIMAN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Debtors
(1880) Bills of sale (binding assets to a creditor/lender) in England and Wales, October to December 1880FERRIMAN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1880) Liquidation of insolvents' assets in England and Wales, October to December 1880FERRIMAN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Partnerships Dissolved
(1881) Dissolution of trading partnerships, or removal of a partner from a business, in England and Wales, October to December 1881FERRIMAN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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