Records for Travellers, Romany and Canal folk can be difficult to trace due to the inherent nature of this lifestyle. These records may cover barge workers and other itinerant workers too.
| Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Gipsy Life: Being an Account of Our Gipsies and Their Children |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/gipsylifebeinga00smitg... |
| Description: | Book - Gipsy Life: Being an Account of Our Gipsies and Their Children |
| Extra Info: | Online book. published 1880. Includes extracts from newspapers and magazine articles and much more about their lives. |
| Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Romany & Traveller Family History Society |
| Link: | https://rtfhs.org.uk |
| Description: | Romany & Traveller Family History Society | Research your roots and learn about your heritage. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Romany Genes Website |
| Link: | http://romanygenes.com/ |
| Description: | Romany Genes Website |
| Extra Info: | Many photographs and pictures of those with Romany genes and their homes. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Romany References and Records |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091026134802/http://g... |
| Description: | Romany References and Records |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active, although most information still seems to be available. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Staffordshire Name Indexes |
| Link: | https://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Staffordshire Name Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Calendars of prisoners at Staffordshire quarter sessions 1779-1880, police force registers index 1842-1920 and apprentices 1600-1900. Also includes some names from over the border in Worcestershire. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Waterways of Stoke-on-Trent |
| Link: | http://www.thepotteries.org/waterways/ |
| Description: | Waterways of Stoke-on-Trent |
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