A wide variety of records exist that do not fit into other classifications. The websites here have such records. The descriptions against each entry will let you know you might find on the website.
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
| Title: | The Genealogist Website |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | The Genealogist Website |
| Extra Info: | Subscription site. Includes many university registers, trade directories and more. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | British and European Adventurers in Gran Colombia |
| Link: | https://hispanic-anglosphere.com/2018/08/23/record... |
| Description: | British and European Adventurers in Gran Columbia 1810-1830 some up to 1890 |
| Extra Info: | Also lists nationality, with date of birth and occupation on some records. PDF file format. |
| Classification: | Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | British Community in Brazil the 19th Century |
| Link: | https://www.lac.ox.ac.uk/research-projects/brazili... |
| Description: | British Community in the 19th Century - Bahia, Brazil |
| Extra Info: | A downloadable paper about the British wholesale merchants in Brazil. Includes details of the everyday life. Scroll down to 2002 and paper CBS-32-2002. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | British People in Argentina |
| Link: | http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/ |
| Description: | British People in Argentina |
| Extra Info: | Includes a list of British residents and merchants. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | British Settlers in Natal (Durban), South Africa |
| Link: | http://shelaghspencer.com/ |
| Description: | British Settlers in Natal, South Africa 1824-1857 |
| Extra Info: | Lists of settlers and what life was like. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | British Settlers in South Africa in the 19th Century |
| Link: | http://www.southafricansettlers.com/ |
| Description: | British Settlers in South Africa in the 19th Century |
| Extra Info: | Lists of settlers. Also tries to include where they lived prior to south Africa, their parents names and more |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Brits in South America Database |
| Link: | http://www.sabrits.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Brits in South America Database |
| Extra Info: | List of Britons living and working in South America with details of the data source. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Connected Histories |
| Link: | http://www.connectedhistories.org/ |
| Description: | British History Sources, 1500-1900, from the Universities of London, Hertfordshire, and Sheffield |
| Extra Info: | Burney collection of newspapers, British History Online, the Charles Booth Archive, Old Bailey Online and much more... |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Digital South Asia Library |
| Link: | http://dsal.uchicago.edu/ |
| Description: | Digital South Asia Library |
| Extra Info: | Click on reference for the searchable Imperial Gazetteer of India. Also includes photographs and maps of India and South Asia. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
| Title: | Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations |
| Link: | Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations |
| Description: | Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775 |
| Extra Info: | Includes information on the ships they were sent on as well as the master of the ship. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
| Title: | English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660 |
| Link: | English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660 |
| Description: | English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660 |
| Extra Info: | From The Records of the English High Court of Admiralty. Includes details of their profession and residence before emigration. Only those who settled in colonial America. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Families in British India Society |
| Link: | https://www.fibis.org |
| Description: | Families in British India Society |
| Extra Info: | The Fibis database and FIbiWiki sections appear to contain most of the information. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
| Title: | Family History South Australia |
| Link: | http://www.familyhistorysa.info/ |
| Description: | Family History South Australia |
| Extra Info: | Includes many ships passenger lists and naturalizations. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Global Shark Attack File |
| Link: | http://www.sharkattackfile.net/ |
| Description: | Global Shark Attack File |
| Extra Info: | List of shark attacks worldwide, fatal and non fatal, includes source reference (eg date of newspaper article, books etc). |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Hudson Bay Company Archive |
| Link: | http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographica... |
| Description: | Hudson Bay Company Archive - Biographical Sheets |
| Extra Info: | Information sheets on those who worked for the Hudson Bay Company, for many it includes place of birth, positions in the company and more. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Servants / Slaves Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
| Title: | Jamaican Family Search |
| Link: | http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/ |
| Description: | Jamaican Family Search |
| Extra Info: | Includes many British people in Jamaica. There is also a useful site search. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Libraries and Archives of Canada |
| Link: | http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/Pages/browse... |
| Description: | Libraries and Archives of Canada |
| Extra Info: | Includes passenger lists from Liverpool, Southampton, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin to Canada, immigrant diaries, naturalisations, British Home children and more. |
| Classification: | Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
| Title: | Malta Family History |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180722210453/http://... |
| Description: | Malta Family History |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. The indexes still seems to be available. British men and women in Malta. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Prince Edward Island Register |
| Link: | http://www.islandregister.com/ |
| Description: | Prince Edward Island Register |
| Extra Info: | Includes a Belfast scrapbook, natives of the Isle of Mull, some Devon records and much more. Quickest way to find these is to use the search facility. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Project Gutenberg |
| Link: | http://www.gutenberg.org/ |
| Description: | Project Gutenberg - Free to Read Books |
| Extra Info: | Online books, free to read. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Public Record Office of Victoria |
| Link: | http://prov.vic.gov.au/provguide-23 |
| Description: | Public Record Office of Victoria Online Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes passenger lists, plus convicts index 1842-54 and certificates of freedom index within the convict index. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Red Cross Volunteers of the First World War |
| Link: | http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/His... |
| Description: | Red Cross Volunteers of the First World War |
| Extra Info: | Over 90,000 people volunteered for the British Red Cross at home and overseas during the war. More names still to add. |
| Classification: | Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Army Children Archive |
| Link: | http://www.archhistory.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Army Children Archive |
| Extra Info: | Information about what it was like to be an army child, includes sections on schooling, healthcare and hospitals. |
| Classification: | Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records |
| Title: | The Honourable East India Company |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110207202311/http://h... |
| Description: | Finding East India Company Ancestors |
| Extra Info: | This is a copy of a site that is no longer active. May take a few moments to load, but most information still seems to be available. Collected from various publications. |
| Classification: | Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
| Link: | http://www.sog.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
| Extra Info: | Can search for a surname for free, however a membership is required to access the detailed information. Click Search to see a list of the data online. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Link: | http://www.trentu.ca/admin/library/archives/titles... |
| Description: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Extra Info: | Searchable archives for historic materials generally relating to Peterborough and the surrounding counties of Victoria, Haliburton, Hastings, Northumberland and Durham in Canada. Includes many born in the UK and Ireland. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | War of 1812 - Privateers and Letters of Marque |
| Link: | http://www.1812privateers.org |
| Description: | War of 1812 - Privateers and Letters of Marque |
| Extra Info: | List of privateers and the letters of marque that they received, also the ships they sailed in. |
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