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Journals / Diaries

Private diaries and journals provide an insight in to the lives of the author and those close to them.

Classification:Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:1641 depositions
Link:https://1641.tcd.ie/
Description:1641 depositions - Irish Rebellion 1641
Extra Info:Protestant men and women of all classes told of their experiences following the outbreak of the rebellion by the Catholic Irish in October, 1641
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Archives - Libraries and Archives of Canada
Link:https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng
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:Newspapers, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Beeston - Exploring its History
Link:http://www.beeston-notts.co.uk/
Description:Beeston - Exploring its History
Extra Info:Includes a diary from the Crimea, newspaper extracts and a whole host of interesting information on Beeston and its people.
Classification:Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:Bracon Ash and Hethel history
Link:https://bracon-ash-and-hethel-history.webnode.page...
Description:Collected memories, photographs, research projects, mini-biographies.
Extra Info:Bracon Ash and Hethel are 2 villages 6 miles to the south of Norwich.
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:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Journals / Diaries
Title:Calverton Records Project
Link:http://www.xor.org.uk/calverton/
Description:Calverton Records Journals, Diaries and Oral Histories
Extra Info:The records project aims to uncover and record the history of Calverton.
Classification:Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:County Kerry Genealogy
Link:http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlker/
Description:County Kerry Genealogy
Extra Info:Many online records relating to Kerry.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Earls Colne Village Records, Essex
Link:https://wwwe.lib.cam.ac.uk/earls_colne/
Description:Earls Colne Village Records from 1375
Extra Info:Click on Contents for a full list of transcriptions.
Classification:Journals / Diaries
Title:Emma Darwin's Diaries
Link:http://darwin-online.org.uk/EmmaDiaries.html
Description:Emma Darwin's Diaries 1824-1896
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:Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Exeter memories
Link:http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/
Description:Exeter memories - Stories from Exeter
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:Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Family Forest - Family History Website
Link:http://www.family-forest.co.uk/familytree/index.sh...
Description:Family Forest - Family History Website
Extra Info:Includes some biographies, memories and letters.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:Gjenvick Archives
Link:https://www.ggarchives.com/
Description:Gjenvick Archives
Extra Info:A large private collecton of historical documents from the 1800s through 1954 with emphasis on Steamship and Ocean Liner documents, photographs and passenger lists.
Classification:School / Educational Records / Alumni, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Grewelthorpe Village Website
Link:https://www.grewelthorpe.org.uk/
Description:Grewelthorpe Village Website
Classification:Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk
Title:Gypsy Lore Society Collections
Link:https://libguides.liverpool.ac.uk/library/sca/gyps...
Description:Gypsy Lore Society Collections
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:Headington Village Site
Link:http://www.headington.org.uk/
Description:Headington Village Site includes Marston Records
Extra Info:Includes old photographs and postcards of the area.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:Kernow Goth - Ciornish Heritage and Culture
Link:https://kernowgoth.org/
Description:Kernow Goth - Ciornish Heritage and Culture
Extra Info:Includes an index to past journals, postcards, and more. Click on Cornish Topics and research for links to scanned books including parish accounts, local history, mining and more.
Classification:Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Journals / Diaries
Title:KISSACK Genealogy
Link:https://www.kissack.co.uk
Description:KISSACK Genealogy
Classification:Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Llandeilo History , People and Places
Link:https://llandeilo.org/
Description:Llandeilo History , People and Places
Extra Info:Includes the diary of Thomas Jenkins of Llandeilo.
Classification:Journals / Diaries
Title:Memoirs of Sarah Speedy
Link:http://www.speedy.co.nz/recollections/
Description:Memoirs of Sarah Speedy
Extra Info:Born near Waterloo into a British army officer's family, the authoress accompanied her parents and later her husband on military tours of duty to India and beyond. This is her story of her travels and family life.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Moretonhampstead Historical Society
Link:https://www.moretonhampstead.org.uk/
Description:Moretonhampstead Historical Society
Extra Info:Click on historical Information, virtual archive.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20140407043350/http://m...
Description:Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England
Extra Info:This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information and photographs still seem to be available.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Normanby in Ryedale Village Records
Link:https://www.normanby.info/
Description:Normanby in Ryedale Village Records
Classification:Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Old Liverpool and Merseyside Snippets
Link:http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/
Description:Old Liverpool and Merseyside Snippets, Includes the Surrounding Area
Extra Info:Includes articles about ships and passengers, military, general history, mining and much more.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Religious Lists / Records, Sports Clubs and Associations, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:Parish of Winterbourne, Gloucestershire
Link:http://www.frenchaymuseumarchives.co.uk/
Description:Winterbourne Family History, Online
Extra Info:Look under Archives for some confirmation lists, tithe maps, directories, school admissions and much more.
Classification:Information, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:People without a Parish - Witchcraft : A Somerset thing
Link:https://bornofsilence.webs.com/
Description:A History of Somerset witches.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:People's Collection Wales
Link:https://www.peoplescollection.wales/
Description:People's Collection Wales
Extra Info:Use the search box to find places or topics quickly. Includes many trade directory scans, some tithe maps, photographs and much more.
Classification:Journals / Diaries
Title:Rob Pedley's Website
Link:https://www.robpedley.co.uk/
Description:Rob Pedley's Website
Extra Info:Includes a WW2 dairy transcription.
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Journals / Diaries
Title:Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses
Link:http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/index.html
Description:Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses
Extra Info:Includes the war diary of Matron-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force for 1914-1919.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:School - Rugby School Digital Archives
Link:https://rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/
Description:Rugby School Digital Archives
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Selected Genealogical Records
Link:http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/filessection/
Description:Selected Genealogical Records
Extra Info:A selection of transcriptions including extacts from Army lists, bankrupts, a list of people in Cornwall in past times, a list of coastguards in 1851, Hammermen and more.
Classification:Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Sheerness and the Isle of Sheppey Records
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~penney/genealogy/
Description:Sheerness and the Isle of Sheppey Records
Extra Info:Includes pubs, the light railway, history of some churches, farmer's club members and more.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Tithe Records, Valuation Books, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Sligo County Genealogy
Link:http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlsli/sligocountyirela...
Description:Sligo County Genealogy
Classification:Journals / Diaries
Title:SORBY Genealogy
Link:https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/o/r/Timothy-M-Sorb...
Description:SORBY Genealogy
Classification:Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:South Petherton Information
Link:https://www.southpethertoninformation.org.uk/
Description:South Petherton Information
Extra Info:Click on people for more information.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Religious Lists / Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Journals / Diaries
Title:Suffolk County Data from Ancestry
Link:Suffolk County Data from Ancestry
Description:Suffolk County Data Collection from Ancestry
Extra Info:Includes Various town histories; Suffolk History, Gazetteer, and Directory, 1844; Various Churchwardens' Accounts; Babergh Hundred Military Survey of 1522
Classification:Information, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:The Bevin Boys Association - The Official site founded 1989
Link:http://bevinboysassociation.co.uk
Description:The Bevin Boys Association - Archives and Information
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Journals / Diaries
Title:The National Archives Online Collections
Link:https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Description:The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Journals / Diaries
Title:The National Archives Online Collections Maps
Link:https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your...
Description:The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records
Extra Info:Scroll down for Irish map collection.
Classification:Information, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:The Out of Town (OOT) Museum
Link:https://ootmuseum.co.uk/
Description:The Out of Town (OOT) Museum, Coquetdale in Northumberland
Extra Info:The OOT Museum is celebrating the rural heritage of Coquetdale - includes many stories of past times
Classification:Journals / Diaries
Title:Thorpe Market Village Website
Link:http://thorpemarket.org.uk/
Description:Thorpe Market Village Website
Extra Info:Includes some extracts from Notes on my Life by Anthony Beck.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Journals / Diaries
Title:TIVEY Family Genealogy Project
Link:http://www.tiveyfamilytree.com/
Description:TIVEY Family Genealogy Project
Extra Info:Includes a diary of Joseph Tivey and his journey to Australia in 1848.
Classification:Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:Welsh Family History Archive
Link:http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/wales/index.htm
Description:Welsh Family History Archive
Extra Info:Includes images of over 300 Welsh churches and chapels. Includes the diary of the voyage of Keturah Davies who emigrated 1860 to Australia.
Classification:Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:Worcester Life Stories
Link:https://worcesterlifestories.wordpress.com/
Description:Worcester Life Stories

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