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Derbyshire, England : Classification : Commercial / Trade Directories


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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:The Genealogist Website
Description:The Genealogist Website
Extra Info:Subscription site. Includes many university registers, trade directories and more.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Ashbourne Town Website
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20170115114758fw_/http...
Description:Ashbourne Town Website, including Trade Directories
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Includes a list of clergy at the bottom of matters of life and death.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Ashover Genealogy
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20190419005512/http://...
Description:Ashover Genealogy
Extra Info:An archived copy of a website that is no longer active. Most information is still available. The history of the people and place.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Hearth / Window Tax, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records
Title:Belper Research Website
Link:http://www.belper-research.com/
Description:Belper Research Website
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records
Title:BENDING Family History
Link:http://www.jbending.org.uk/
Description:BENDING Family History
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Tithe Records, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Bonsall History Project Website
Link:http://www.bonsallhistory.org.uk/
Description:Bonsall History Project Website
Extra Info:Click on Site Contents for records
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, Tithe Records
Title:Brimington Village Website
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20100324043021/http://w...
Description:Brimington Village Website
Extra Info:This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. It may take a few moments to load. Most information still seems to be available.
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
Title:CUTTS Families - One Name Study
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brianfjohnson/genea...
Description:CUTTS Families - One Name Study
Extra Info:Includes White's Directory for Norton Cuckney
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records
Title:DACKOMBE / DACOMBE Family History
Link:http://www.terrys.org.uk/
Description:DACKOMBE / DACOMBE Family History
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, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records
Title:Derbyshire and Cornwall Records
Link:http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/
Description:Derbyshire and Cornwall Records
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Other Records
Title:Derbyshire County Data from Ancestry
Link:Derbyshire County Data from Ancestry
Description:Derbyshire County Data Collection from Ancestry
Extra Info:Includes Derbyshire History, Gazetteer, and Directory, 1857 and more.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Directories, Living Relatives and Newspapers
Link:Directories, Living Relatives and Newspapers
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
Title:Directory - White's 1857 Directory of Derbyshire
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~claycross/history/
Description:White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire 1857
Extra Info:Also includes a directory of Sheffield.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:EARLAM Family History
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20150411030403/http://...
Description:EARLAM Family History
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. A resource for those with EARLAM relatives.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Education and Work Records, Occupations
Link:Education and Work Records, Occupations
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, Hearth / Window Tax, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records
Title:FE(A)THERSTON((E)HAUGH) One Name Study
Link:https://featherstone.one-name.net/
Description:FE(A)THERSTON((E)HAUGH) One Name Study
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:FOSKETT One Name Study
Link:http://www.foskett-genealogy.co.uk/
Description:FOSKETT One Name Study
Extra Info:Click on records for many FOSKETTs.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories
Title:Hasland Village, Derbyshire
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20160722030929/http://...
Description:Hasland Village, Near Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:HEALD One Name Study
Link:http://www.healds.org.uk/
Description:HEALD One Name Study
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Historical Clocks and Watchmakers Website
Link:https://www.clockswatches.co.uk
Description:Historical Clocks and Watchmakers Website
Extra Info:A website which lists clock and watchmakers from the UK and Ireland. Search by name or place. Searching is free however a small subscriptons is require for details.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories
Title:Holden's Annual London and Country Directory
Link:Holden's Annual London and Country Directory
Description:Holden's Annual London and Country Directory for 1811, in Three Volumes
Extra Info:Volume 2 & 3 are directories of towns in the England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories
Title:HOLLINGWORTH One Name Study
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20110611071735/http://h...
Description:HOLLINGWORTH One Name Study
Extra Info:An archived copy of the site -most information still seems to be available. HOLLINGWORTH and variations.
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, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records
Title:ISMAY One Name Study
Link:https://ismay.one-name.net/
Description:ISMAY One Name Study
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:JEBBETT/JEBBITT Genealogy
Link:http://www.moonroller.com/jebbitt/
Description:JEBBETT/JEBBITT Genealogy
Extra Info:Lots of data categorised by year.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers
Title:KEELER Genealogy Website
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nickkeeler/genealog...
Description:KEELER Genealogy Website
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers
Title:Kelly's Directories of Derbyshire
Link:https://www.andrewsgen.com/dby/kelly/
Description:Kelly's Directories of Derbyshire
Extra Info:Also has extracts from The Gentleman's Magazine.
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, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records
Title:LEVEY Family History and Genealogy
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20150911094613/http://w...
Description:LEVEY Family History and Genealogy
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Other Records
Title:Liz's Family History Site
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~glossopfamily/genea...
Description:Some Resources for the area around Glossop, Derbyshire
Extra Info:Covers Great and Little Hucklow, Taddington, Hognaston, Mellor and Glossop area.Trade Directory Extracts are on the village pages.
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, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records
Title:Matlock & Matlock Bath - The Andrews Pages
Link:https://www.andrewsgen.com/matlock/
Description:Matlock & Matlock Bath - The Andrews Pages
Extra Info:Includes many records from 16th Century onwards. Many interesting records for the area.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Other Records
Title:Midlands Historical Data
Link:https://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/
Description:Midlands Historical Data
Extra Info:Online directories, local history books and more. Free to search and see snippet, then pay per view or subscription.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Other Records
Title:Newhall Resources
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20170308201449/https:/...
Description:Newhall, South Derbyshire Resources
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Use the links on the home page as some links in the info pages do not work. Information about the village of Newhall in South Derbyshire and its people.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers
Title:North West Derbyshire Sources
Link:http://www.nwdbysources.uk/
Description:Various North West Derbyshire Records
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, Hearth / Window Tax, Newspapers, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Parish of Eyam
Link:https://places.wishful-thinking.org.uk/DBY/Eyam/in...
Description:Eyam Parish
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Parish Registers of Crich and More
Link:https://www.crichparish.co.uk/
Description:Parish Registers of Crich and More
Extra Info:Includes trade directories, articles about the village and more.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Parish Registers of Crich and Other Aspects
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dlhdby/genealogy/
Description:Parish Registers of Crich and Other Aspects
Extra Info:Includes information from trade directories, families of the area 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, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:PIGGIN family One Name Study
Link:http://www.piggin.org/
Description:PIGGIN family One Name Study
Extra Info:Use the site map to see what is on the site.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records
Title:PLUCKROSE Name Website
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20190623144333/http://w...
Description:PLUCKROSE Name Website
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available.
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, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Other Records
Title:PREECE One Name Study
Link:http://www.preecefamilyhistory.co.uk/
Description:PREECE One Name Study
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Ridgeway Village Site
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ridgeway/genealogy/...
Description:Ridgeway Village Site
Extra Info:Includes Eckington Bastardy records.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Rosliston - A One Parish Study
Link:http://sites.rootsweb.com/~engcrosl/
Description:Rosliston - A One Parish Study
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records
Title:ROULSTON One Name Study
Link:http://www.roulstone.net/
Description:ROULSTON One Name Study
Extra Info:Mainly Derbyshire information.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records
Title:Scarcliffe Village Website
Link:http://www.rosie.pterosaur.org.uk/
Description:Scarcliffe Village Website, including many aspects of Village Life and its People
Extra Info:Also includes Trade Directory information for Bolsover, Creswell, Elmton, Pleasley and surrounding area.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Valuation Books, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:SERCOMBE, SIRCOMBE, SURCOMBE, or SIRCOM One Name study
Link:http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe.html
Description:A Compilation of SERCOMBE Families
Extra Info:Scroll down to sources of information.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Sheffield Indexers
Link:http://www.sheffieldindexers.com/
Description:Sheffield Indexers, including School Records, Workhouse and Directories
Extra Info:Many records have online searching by name and location.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories
Title:Smalley One Place Study
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20101102124209/http://w...
Description:Smalley One Place Study
Extra Info:May take a few moments to load. This is an archived copy of the site that is no longer available. Most of the information is still accessible.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Other Records
Title:South Derbyshire Genealogical Resources
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brett/genealogy/sdi...
Description:South Derbyshire Genealogical Resources
Extra Info:Hearth Tax records are included with the census records.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy
Title:Stapenhill Online Resources: Cauldwell Databases
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/genealogy/...
Description:Stapenhill Online Resources: Cauldwell Databases
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Staveley One Place Study
Link:http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/staveley/
Description:Staveley One Place Study
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, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Tansley Village Website
Link:http://www.tansleyparish.com/TansleyVillage/
Description:Tansley Village Website
Extra Info:Click on Local History.
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, Other Records
Title:The Stanley One Place Study
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~alanbloor/genealogy...
Description:The Stanley One Place Study, Including Trade Directories
Extra Info:May be slow to load.
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:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists
Title:Wakefield Family History Sharing Website
Link:http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/index.shtml
Description:Wakefield Family History Sharing Website
Extra Info:Scroll down the page for Altofs/West Riding Colliery school admission records, absent voters and more.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Other Records
Title:WANLESS Web - A One Name Study
Link:http://www.wanlessweb.org/TNG/index.php
Description:WANLESS Web - A One Name Study of the surnames surnames Wanless, Wandless, Wanlass, Wandlass, Wanliss, and Wanlace
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:White's Directory of Derbyshire
Link:White's Directory of Derbyshire
Description:White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby 1857
Extra Info:Includes Burton-on-Trent, Staffs. and Sheffield, Yorks..
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Wirksworth Genealogy and Local History
Link:http://www.wirksworth.org.uk
Description:Wirksworth Genealogy and Local History, including Trade Directories and Taxes
Extra Info:Also look under the scrapbook. Many old photographs of families of the area.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records
Title:GENUKI County Page for Derbyshire
Link:https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/
Description:General Information for Derbyshire

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