British Abroad, British Islands : Classification : Other Records
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A wide variety of records exist that do not fit into other classifications. The websites here
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on the website.
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records, 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: | Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | British Community in Brazil the 19th Century |
| Link: | http://www.lac.ox.ac.uk/sites/sias/files/documents... |
| 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. |
| 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: | 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 From The Records of the English High Court of Admiralty |
| Extra Info: | Includes details of their profession and residence before emigration. Only those who settled in colonial America. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records, 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: | http://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: | http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/ |
| Description: | Malta Family History |
| Extra Info: | British men and women in Malta. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/ |
| Description: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers 1915-1979 |
| Extra Info: | Collection of cabinet papers, covering topics such as the economy, the death penalty, immigration controls and much more. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Religious Lists / Records, Information, Other Records |
| Title: | Open Library |
| Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
| Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
| Extra Info: | Use the search facility and select e books only. Some English trade directories, journals, historic accounts of counties and more. |
| 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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