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: | Apprentices Of Great Britain |
| Link: | http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/apprentices-of-great-britain/ |
| Description: | Apprentices Of Great Britain |
| Extra Info: | These records are abstracts from tax records kept by the Inland Revenue. |
| 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: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Association of Lighthouse Keepers |
| Link: | https://alk.org.uk |
| Description: | Association of Lighthouse Keepers |
| Extra Info: | Includes lists of keepers and lighthouses. |
| Classification: | Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Beamish Collections Online |
| Link: | http://collections.beamish.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Online Collection from Beamish Museum |
| Extra Info: | Includes photographs, advertising materials, trade catalogues and lots of information about the social history surrounding our ancestors. |
| 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: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | British Steam Locomotive History |
| Link: | https://www.steamindex.com/ |
| Description: | British Steam Locomotive History |
| Extra Info: | Includes biographies of the civil and locomotive engineers and managers and information on the locomotives themselves. May not work properly in all browsers. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | British Transport Police Website |
| Link: | https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-tr... |
| Description: | British Transport Police Website |
| Extra Info: | Includes details of some murders and a rogues gallery. |
| 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: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Crew Lists of the British Merchant Navy 1915 |
| Link: | https://1915crewlists.rmg.co.uk/ |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Directories, Living Relatives and Newspapers |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Find My Past - Directories, Living Relatives and Newspapers |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Discover your ancestors' occupations |
| Link: | Discover your ancestors' occupations with Ancestry.co.uk |
| Description: | Discover your ancestors' occupations with Ancestry.co.uk |
| Extra Info: | Professional and organizational directories were often published specifically those engaged in a specific profession or those involved in a professional, ethnic, political, fraternal, or military organization. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Education and Work Records, Occupations |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Find My Past - Education and Work Records, Occupations |
| 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: | Index of UK Portrait and Studio Photographers |
| Link: | http://www.earlyphotographers.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Index of UK Portrait and Studio Photographers c1840-1950 |
| 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 |
| Link: | https://www.icaew.com/library/historical-resources... |
| Description: | Institute of Chartered Accountants |
| Extra Info: | An index to obituaries and photographs of individuals from 1874 to 1965. Also has some details about evolutions of the larger accountancy firms |
| 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: | 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: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Nursing in the Boer War |
| Link: | https://boerwarnurses.com/ |
| Description: | Nursing in the Boer War - Nurses and Others Who Cared for the Sick and Wounded |
| Extra Info: | Includes a database of nurses. |
| 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: | 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: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Royal College of Physicians |
| Link: | https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicia... |
| Description: | Royal College of Physicians |
| Extra Info: | The Munk's Roll, a list of obituaries of past fellows. |
| 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: | School / Educational Records / Alumni, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Teachers' Registration Council Registers 1914-1948 |
| Link: | http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/teachers-registrations/ |
| Description: | Teachers' Registration Council Registers 1914-1948 |
| Extra Info: | The Teachers' Registrations give details of nearly 100,000 people who taught in England and Wales between 1870 and 1948. |
| 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: | 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: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Trinity House Calendars 1787-1854 |
| Link: | https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/trinity-house-calendars/ |
| Description: | Trinity House Calendars 1787-1854 |
| Extra Info: | Covering the period 1787 to 1854, most of the papers are Petitions for aid, submitted by the seaman or, often, his widow. Also includes Apprentice Indentures and Miscellaneous Papers. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Trinity House Personnel at Lighthouses 1841-1910 |
| Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Lighthouses/ |
| Description: | Trinity House Personnel at Lighthouses 1841-1910 |
| Extra Info: | Includes service dates at lighthouses and in some cases their families and their origin. |
| 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. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Wales Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | Wales Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | Wales Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes Law List, 1843; various directories and gazetteers; criminal registers and more. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Welsh Mariners / Morwyr Cymru |
| Link: | http://www.welshmariners.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Welsh Mariners / Morwyr Cymru - Civilians and Military Indexes |
| Extra Info: | An index of Welsh merchant masters, mates and engineers(1800 to 1945), includes place of birth, many from outside Wales. Also index of the Royal Navy from 1795 to 1815. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | GENUKI County Page for Radnorshire |
| Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/RAD/ |
| Description: | General Information for Radnorshire |
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