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Offline sharperesidence

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« on: Tuesday 17 February 09 07:48 GMT (UK) »
Could some help me find relations in the directories

Edward Burden 1836-1893 Shoemaker/Bootmaker 

Reinholdt 1900-1914 tailors

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Re: Directories
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 17 February 09 07:53 GMT (UK) »
England's Trade Directories are online and free to search at the University of Leicester's web site.

You need to know where your chaps were in business to simplify the search.

Good luck,
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Re: Directories
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 17 February 09 09:03 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: charlotteCH on Tuesday 17 February 09 07:53 GMT (UK)
England's Trade Directories are online and free to search at the University of Leicester's web site.

charlotte

The web site is http://www.historicaldirectories.org

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Re: Directories
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 17 February 09 12:43 GMT (UK) »
Hi

This site described is a very good site for finding ancestors or even locating streets where they lived.

Dont forget that when directories were published, they were slightly out of date by the time of publication. I think if an 1892 directory was published in January 1892, the info may have been collected in say June or July 1891 ready for an 1892 publication.

Ben
Researching:

LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain
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