Trade Directories were an important means of advertising in years gone by. Many of these old directories have now been transcribed or scanned and can be used to track ancestors as their businesses moved or developed.
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Register & Rent Rolls, 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., Other Records |
| Title: | Atavus Search Engine |
| Link: | https://search.atavus.org/api/v1/search |
| Description: | Atavus Search Engine Incorporating Fermanagh Gold Genealogy Pages |
| Extra Info: | Easy to use search. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | BOYD Family and Information Centre |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20120716201636/http://c... |
| Description: | BOYD Family and Information Centre |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of the website. Most features appear to work. There may be some delay in loading. |
| 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, 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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Tithe Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
| Title: | FERGUSONS of Ireland |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~colin/genealogy/Fer... |
| Description: | FERGUSONS of Ireland - One Name Study |
| 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, 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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Valuation Books, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Irish Ancestral Pages |
| Link: | https://www.geocities.ws/irishancestralpages/ |
| Description: | Irish Ancestral Pages |
| Extra Info: | Click on on-site databases. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | John Hayes Genealogy Website |
| Link: | https://www.failteromhat.com |
| Description: | John Hayes Genealogy Website |
| Extra Info: | Many Hayes, O'Connor, Brown, Fox, Santry, Callaghan and Murphy records. |
| 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, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Newspapers |
| Title: | Newspapers, Directories & Social History |
| Link: | https://www.findmypast.ie/search-records/Directories |
| Description: | Find My Past's Newspapers, Directories & Social History |
| Extra Info: | Directories contains a wealth of directories and almanacs which not only contain more than 2 million names but also give you a real feel for the places and times they lived in. |
| 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, 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, 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. |
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