Insolvents
(1858) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksCOMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | 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. COMPSON. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Civil Service Appointments
(1862) The Civil Service Commission published an annual list of all persons who had obtained certificates of qualification for appointment in the various public departments. The list gives full name (surname first); department (such as Post Office, or Inland Revenue); situation (such as Letter-carrier, or Clerk); and date of certificate. Candidates whose names are preceded by a dagger obtained appointments as the result of competition; a double dagger indicates open competition. Those whose names are preceded by an asterisk obtained honorary additions to their certificates either for proficiency in extra subjects chosen by themselves, or for marked proficiency in the prescribed subjects. Then follows a further list of these candidates who had obtained Honorary Additions to their Certificates in this way: giving name (surname and initials); position in the service (department and situation); subjects for which honorary additions were made; and 'extent of knowledge displayed' (such as Creditable, Fair, or Very Creditable). 1 January to 31 December 1862.COMPSON. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Halesowen in Worcestershire
(1868) Gentry, farmers and traders listed in J. E. R. Kelly's Post Office Directory of Worcestershire. (The sample scan is of the section for the little parish of Hadzor)COMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Stourbridge in Worcestershire
(1868) Gentry, farmers and traders listed in J. E. R. Kelly's Post Office Directory of Worcestershire. (The sample scan is of the section for the little parish of Hadzor)COMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Baptists
(1871) The Baptist Messenger was produced monthly. The material indexed is mainly the Denominational Intelligence, i. e. the doings of the Baptist churches in Britain and Ireland, including summary lists of baptisms naming only the ministers. There are also some Baptist obituaries, and lists of donations to the Pastors' College at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London. COMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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National Provincial Bank of England Shareholders
(1873) Copy of the return by the National Provincial Bank of England to the Inland Revenue listing the 'persons of whom the Company or partnership consists', pursuant to 7 & 8 Vic. cap. 32: giving full name (surname first), residence and occupation.COMPSON. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Trainee Schoolmistresses at Lincoln
(1875) 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 Lincoln Teacher Training College at Christmas 1875. 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. (The sample scan is from a general class list for schoolmistresses)COMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Boyne Hill 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)COMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Debtors, Insolvents and Bankrupts
(1881) Bills of sale (binding assets to a creditor/lender), insolvencies and bankruptcies in England and Wales, October to December 1881COMPSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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