Many websites give information about the various trades and occupations our ancestors followed. Apprentice records will list those who are indentured and the nature of the role. If you are seeking information in a specific occupation please try the Occupations search page.
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Archive -The Mills Archive |
Link: | https://new.millsarchive.org/ |
Description: | The Mills Archive |
Extra Info: | A permanent repository for historical and contemporary material on traditional mills and milling. Searching is free, but you need to a 'friend' of the archives to access more detailed information. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Blacksmiths Index |
Link: | https://blacksmiths.mygenwebs.com/ |
Description: | A Genealogical Index of Blacksmiths and Related Occupations |
Extra Info: | As well as blacksmiths, includes many other related occupations, also blacksmiths residing in asylums and workhouses. |
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: | 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: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | British Coastguards 1841-1891 |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Coastguards/ |
Description: | British Coastguards 1841-1891 |
Extra Info: | Includes place of birth and family details in many cases. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Capital Punishment UK |
Link: | http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ |
Description: | Capital Punishment UK - The Resource Site for the History of Capital Punishment |
Extra Info: | Includes the histories of 'hanging' prisons. |
Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | COMBS and COOMBS Family One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.combs-families.org/combs/ |
Description: | COMBS and COOMBS Family One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Includes some names from the Worshipful Drapers Company of London. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Crew Lists of the British Merchant Navy 1915 |
Link: | https://1915crewlists.rmg.co.uk/ |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Failte Romhat Website |
Link: | https://www.failteromhat.com |
Description: | Failte Romhat Website |
Extra Info: | Includes Kellys Directory of Leather Trades in Ireland 1915. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Gateway to Missionary Collections in the UK |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20141028163014/http://... |
Description: | Gateway to Missionary Collections in the UK |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site no longer active. Most information still seems to be available to view. Index of missionaries and families with dates. Index of archives and where to find them. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Inner Temple Admissions Database |
Link: | https://archives.innertemple.org.uk/ |
Description: | Inner Temple Admissions Database |
Extra Info: | Online biographical information about past members of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, one of the four London-based Inns of Court. Many records include father's name and address. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Institute of Chartered Accountants - List of Members 1904 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/listofmembers19000instr... |
Description: | Institute of Chartered Accountants - List of Members 1904 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Lists the members in 1904 and details of their employment. Also includes some members practicing abroad. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Valuation Books, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Ireland Genealogy Projects Archive |
Link: | http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ |
Description: | Ireland Genealogy Projects Archive |
Extra Info: | Includes some lists of landowners, some court extracts, trade directory extracts, newspaper extracts, Royal Irish Constabulary lists and more. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Irish Mariners |
Link: | http://www.irishmariners.ie/ |
Description: | Irish Mariners |
Extra Info: | An index of nearly 25,000 Irish born merchant seamen, many photographs, includes voyages undertaken and more. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | MILLIKEN, MILLIGAN and Related Surnames |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~alanmilliken/geneal... |
Description: | MILLIKEN, MILLIGAN and Related Surnames Genealogical Research |
Extra Info: | Surnames of Millican, Milligan, Millikan, Milliken, Millikin, Mulliken, Mullikin, and Mulligan etc. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Music Hall and Theatre History |
Link: | http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/ |
Description: | Music Hall and Theatre History |
Extra Info: | Information and images of the history of music hall and thatre in the UK and Ireland. Includes histories of the theatres, biographies of some entertainers and many playbills. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America |
Link: | https://www.themusichallguild.com/ |
Description: | Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America |
Extra Info: | Includes a database of artistes, many with photographs. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online |
Extra Info: | Please read the instructions and information before downloading. Includes New South Wales convict entry books, convict transportation registers, and more. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | National Archives - Online Merchant Navy Indexes and Records |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online Merchant Navy Indexes and Records |
Extra Info: | Online Merchant Navy indexes and records. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
Extra Info: | Includes medals awarded to merchant seamen in WWI and WWII, also an index to seamen's names 1860 -1867, and more. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | National Archives - WWI Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - WWI Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Extra Info: | Scroll down the page. Campaign medals issues to merchant seamen in world war one. Free to search, but pay to view medal cards. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | National Archives - WWII Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - WWII Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Extra Info: | Campaign medals issues to merchant seamen in world war two. Free to search, but pay to view medal cards. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Tithe Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Northern Ireland Data from Ancestry |
Link: | Northern Ireland Data from Ancestry |
Description: | Northern Ireland Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes Emigration Lists, 1833-1839; Passenger Lists, 1803-1806; Tithe Applotment Books, 1824-1837; Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1844-1847 (Free); and more... |
Classification: | Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Old Occupations of England |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20220129151438/http://... |
Description: | Old Occupations |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active, however the information is still available to view. Lists many old occupations and meanings, taken from census records. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Old Scottish Clockmakers |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/oldscottishclock00smit... |
Description: | Old Scottish Clockmakers 1453-1850 |
Extra Info: | Online free book. Published in 1921, Also has an index. Starting at page 401 there is also a list of some English, Irish and Isle of Man Clockmakers. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Photographers of Great Britain and Ireland |
Link: | https://www.cartedevisite.co.uk/ |
Description: | Photographers of Great Britain and Ireland |
Extra Info: | Information on photographers of Great Britain and Ireland from 1840-1940, their photographs, their studios and their customers. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Police Roll of Honour |
Link: | https://policememorial.org.uk/ |
Description: | The National Police Officers Roll of Honour and Awards for Gallantry |
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: | Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Railway Work, Life and Death |
Link: | https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/ |
Description: | Life, Work and Death on the Railways |
Extra Info: | May be slow to load. Find out about railway worker accidents in Britain and Ireland in the later 19th and early 20th century |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Railway Workers Who Died in World War One |
Link: | https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/research-and-arch... |
Description: | Railway Workers Who Died in World War One |
Extra Info: | Scroll down to Fallen Railwaymen Database. List of over 20,000 railway employees who died in World War One. Includes details of the railway company they worked for, their military service and in some cases family information. May take a while to load. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 |
Link: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 |
Description: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 |
Extra Info: | For many lists occupation, date of birth and address. Some have photographs. |
Classification: | Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Sugar Refiners and Sugar Bakers Database and Information |
Link: | http://www.mawer.clara.net/intro.html |
Description: | Sugar Refiners and Sugar Bakers Database and Information |
Extra Info: | Includes Sun fire office valuations, fires and fatalities, case studies and more. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | The British Institute of Organ Studies |
Link: | https://www.bios.org.uk/ |
Description: | The British Institute of Organ Studies |
Extra Info: | Click onResources. Contains details of 31,000 organs including 10,000 pictures and 260 sound recordings, with details of builder, current locations and more. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | The British Tariff for 1862-63 (Customs and Inland Revenue) |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/britishtariff00unkngoog |
Description: | The British Tariff for 1862-63 (Customs and Inland Revenue) |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes a list of officers and clerks. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | The Royal Irish Constabulary |
Link: | The Royal Irish Constabulary |
Description: | The Royal Irish Constabulary, 1816-1921 |
Extra Info: | This index is a work in progress and now contains approx. 70,000 persons. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | The Stage Archive |
Link: | https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/t... |
Description: | The Stage Archive - 125 Years of Stage History and News |
Extra Info: | Now part of British Newspaper Archive. Click on 'Find Out More' for free quick search. The 170,000+ pages provide a rich and fascinating record of changing fortunes and fashion in the world of showbusiness. Subscription required for detailed information. |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | The Surman Index Online |
Link: | http://www.english.qmul.ac.uk/drwilliams/surman/in... |
Description: | Biographical Card Index of Congregational Ministers |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Theatre Collection - University of Bristol - People Search |
Link: | http://www.calmview2.eu/bristoltheatrearchive/calm... |
Description: | Theatre Collection - University of Bristol - People Search |
Extra Info: | The Theatre Collection is one of the world's largest archives of British theatre history and live art. Use this link to search by person and find their performances and productions. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Ulster Historical Foundation - Irish Genealogy |
Link: | https://www.ancestryireland.com |
Description: | Ulster Historical Foundation - Irish Genealogy |
Extra Info: | Pay per view site. Click on Irish Genealogy Records to see what is available. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Victorian Photographers of Great Britain and Ireland |
Link: | https://www.cartedevisite.co.uk/ |
Description: | Victorian Photographers of Great Britain and Ireland |
Extra Info: | Information about UK and Eire photographers from the period 1840-1940. The information is base mainly on two extensive collections - one of British and Irish portrait photographs and another of British trade directories. |
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