Ticket-of-Leave Men
(1853-1854) 1205 convicts (1157 men, 48 women) were granted tickets-of-leave giving them conditional pardon from 10 October 1853 to 11 July 1854. This return gives full name, where and when convicted, offence, sentence in years, date of licence and annuity. Nine of the men's licences were revoked for fresh offences.SHEPPARD. Cost: £6.00. | 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
SHEPPARD. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Assignments
(1854) Assignments of bankrupts' estates (usually to principal creditors and/or close relatives of the bankrupt) in England and WalesSHEPPARD. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Dividends
(1854) Distributions of money raised from bankrupts' estates in England and WalesSHEPPARD. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Estates
(1854) Transfers of bankrupts' estates in England and Wales to assigneesSHEPPARD. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1854) 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. July to December 1854
SHEPPARD. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1854) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders: in England and Wales
SHEPPARD. 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 linksSHEPPARD. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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New South Wales Intestates
(1854) The probate courts of the Australian colonies furnished returns of estates of deceased intestates, giving full name, colonial residence, supposed British or foreign residence of family (often unknown, or left blank), amount of the estate and how much had been disbursed and how. The date of death is often stated, and if by accident, suicide or crime. Names were carried forward from return to return until the estate was expended or exhausted. SHEPPARD. 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 WalesSHEPPARD. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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