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- Devon, Plymouth & West Devon Apprentices 1570-1910
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- Lancashire, Barrow-In-Furness Shipbuilding & Engineering Employees
- Lloyd's Register Of Merchant Ships Index 1843
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- London Apprentices from Somerset 1575-1800
- London, Dulwich College Register 1619-1926
- London, Watermen In Royal Navy, 1803-1809
- London, Watermen, Admiralty Muster Of The Port Of London, 1628
- London, Watermen, Birth Register Of Contracted Men, 1865-1921
- London, Watermen, List Of Free Watermen, 1827
- London, Watermen's Petition For The King Charles I, 1648
- Manchester Apprentices 1700-1849
- Manchester Industrial School Registers1866-1912
- Manchester Police Index 1858-1941
- Match workers strike, Bow 1888
- Merchant Navy Seamen [Merchant Marines]
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- Royal Hibernian Military School Staff List 1864
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- Royal Military Asylum apprentice ledgers 1803-1840 / Royal Military Asylum (Chelsea) admissions 1803-1901
- Scotland, Edinburgh Apprentices 1583-1800
- Surrey, Southwark Congregational Registers
- Surrey, Southwark, Newington Apprentice Register 1891
- Sussex, Lancing College Register 1901-1954
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- Trinity House Calendars, 1787-1854
- Warwickshire, Coventry, company directories and publications 1908-1966
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Find your ancestors in Britain, Business Indexes 1892-1987
Each record includes an image of the original index or book and a transcript for the individual entry. The amount of detail in each record can vary but most transcripts will include a combination of the following:
- Name and alias
- Business name
- Index year
- Business occupation
- Notes
- Publication and page number
When available the image will give even more information about your ancestor and the business. The images are from different publications so the information found in each, but many will include:
- Details about the business
- Biographical details
- Education background
- Associations and hobbies
- Photograph
Discover more about these records
This project is an index to British shopkeepers, businessmen and women, "captains of industry" and their companies. The initial source material is a series of books published in the 1890s by the London Printing and Engraving Company and the Brighton firm of Robinson, Son and Pike which later became W T Pike.
They seem to have traveled to large towns and cities all over the British Isles, offering the local corporation and businesses the opportunity to appear in a book containing a history of the area, its attractions, major institutions and its commercial life. There are sometimes details of town councillors, often with vignette-sized photographs and one has a picture of the local football team! Shops, businesses and manufacturers probably had to pay for inclusion, the amount depending on the size of the entry. The proprietor or manager seems to have been visited at work and interviewed to provide the copy for the book.
These records were provided by the Society of Genealogists.