Trade Directories were an important means of advertising in years gone by. Many of these old directories have now been transcribed or scanned and can be used to track ancestors as their businesses moved or developed.
| 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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | BREW One Name Study |
| Link: | http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm |
| Description: | BREW One Name Study |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | British History Online |
| Link: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | British History Online |
| Extra Info: | A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Poor Rate |
| Title: | CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.cluett.org.uk/ |
| Description: | CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Part way down the home page is the Search link. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | DALTON Data Bank and One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.daltondatabank.org/ |
| Description: | DALTON Data Bank and One Name Study |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Directories, Living Relatives and Newspapers |
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| Description: | Find My Past - Directories, Living Relatives and Newspapers |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories |
| Title: | Directory - Historical Directories from the University of Leicester |
| Link: | https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collec... |
| Description: | Historical Directories - Digital Library of Local and Trade Directories for England and Wales |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Education and Work Records, Occupations |
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| Description: | Find My Past - Education and Work Records, Occupations |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | England Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | England Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | England Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories; Who's Who in the World, 1910-1911; England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; Numerous other records |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, Information |
| Title: | Internet Archive |
| Link: | http://archive.org/ |
| Description: | Internet Archive |
| Extra Info: | Has many scanned books. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note gazetteer and gazetteers give different results. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories |
| Title: | Kelly's Directories Project |
| Link: | https://forebears.io/news/kellys-directories-proje... |
| Description: | Kelly's Directories Project - One per county for England and South Wales. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Other Records |
| Title: | Langham Village Website |
| Link: | http://www.langhamvillage.com/ |
| Description: | Langham Village Website |
| Extra Info: | Click on History and then select the date range you are interested in, or use the site search. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories |
| Title: | LUCEY / LUCY Family History Records |
| Link: | https://lucey.net/ |
| Extra Info: | Researching the surnames LUCEY & LUCY. From early sources in England & Ireland, some back as far as 1066. |
| 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: | Commercial / Trade Directories |
| Title: | Parishmouse Family History Guides |
| Link: | https://www.parishmouse.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Parish Registers, Parish Records and Historical Directories. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Post Office Directory of Chemists and Druggists |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/b21466385 |
| Description: | Post Office Directory of Chemists and Druggists 1876 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Covers England, Scotland, Wales and principal towns in Ireland. Includes chemical manufacturers, wholesale druggists, drysalters, patent medicine vendors and other connected trades, e.g. photographers, bottle makers, dentists and dye makers. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Rutland County Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | Rutland County Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | Rutland County Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes Leicester and Rutland History, Gazetteer, and Directory, 1863. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Tithe Records, Register & Rent Rolls, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | STERRY One Name Study |
| Link: | https://www.sterryworldwide.com/ |
| Description: | STERRY One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Includes STERRY apprentices, London guilds, manorial records, newspaper extracts and more |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | STRANGE, STRAINGE and Variants One Name Study |
| Link: | https://yourtotalevent.com/people/Strange/idxpepl.... |
| Description: | STRANGE and STRAINGE Family History |
| Extra Info: | For apprentices click on miscellany. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Other Records |
| Title: | The Oddfellows Archive |
| Link: | https://www.oddfellows.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Oddfellows Archive |
| Extra Info: | Subscription site. The archive of the Oddfellows. Includes magazines, directories, minutes books and more. Searchable. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories |
| Title: | Trade Directories - Various Counties and Years |
| Link: | https://ukga.org/browse.php?action=loadDB&DB=1... |
| Description: | Trade Directories - Various Counties and Years |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories |
| Title: | White's Directory of Leicestershire and Rutland and Parts of Lincolnshire |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/historygazetteer00whitr... |
| Description: | White's Directory of Leicestershire and Rutland and Parts of Lincolnshire 1846 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Covers Stamford and Grantham in Lincolnshire. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Leicester and Rutland |
| Link: | White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Leicester and Rutland |
| Description: | White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Leicester and Rutland, 1863 |
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