19th Century British Passports.

[bigbazza]

Hi everyone,

It looks like I've got as much information that is available concerning the passport details.  A single sheet of paper, which wasn't necessarily required when travelling abroad in the 1800's, will be long gone, unless there is a "collectible" market for them?

The only record I don't have, Ruskie, is their marriage.  I have the LMA microfilm references to the St. Petersburg BMD registers, and a very kind RootsChatter, David Oliver, made a search for me in early 2014 when he found Frances Yeshevsky's burial record.  However, the marriage record eluded him.

I would love to know more about my great grandfather, John Yeshevsky but I wouldn't know how or where to start looking for information in St. Petersburg, if any exists at all!

Baz.

[GrahamSimons]

The family had my great-grandfather's passport of 1855, now deposited in the National Library of Wales; I have a copy. It is as described, one sheet of paper; no useful rubber stamps; just the vague comment "travelling on the Continent." I looked up the register at Kew - nothing useful at all, just a name and date. Apparently a very few entries have more information, but I think you'd need to look at the original document to see whether your person of interest has any notes. I've attached an image for entertainment value only!

[bigbazza]

Many thanks for the image, Graham.  It's really fascinating to see what my great grandmother's passport would have looked like as there is only 4 years between them.

Baz.