Research Resources
From Graces Guide
A list of useful resources for the researching of UK Industrial history
- Ancestry - Genealogical information. Includes the membership records of the Civil and Mechanical Institutions and others
- Companies House
- British Library
- Dictionary of National Biography - Early versions out of copyright
- Dictionary of National Biography - Current version (Subscription)
- Family Seach (IGI) - Early genealogical information
- Free BMD
- Wikitree
- Flight Global - Flight Magazine from 1909
- Gazette - Statutory notices
- Hathi Digital Library
- Engineering and Technology History Wiki
- European Patent Office
- Patent Search
- Directories of England and Wales - A collection of digitised trade directories, covering England and Wales from the 1760s to the 1910s.
- Directories of Scotland
- Institution of Civil Engineers Library - Minutes of the Proceedings
- Institution of Electrical Engineers
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers Library
- Museum of English Rural Life -
- British Listed Buildings
- National Archives - If there is an archive for the company then this national index probably lists it with its current location
- Archives Hub
- Canmore - Historic Environment Scotland
- British History Online
- 1851 census street index
- Early maps from the National Library of Scotland]. Select England and Wales; OS 1:500 Towns 1880s
- Old Maps web site
- Patents - Google Patents
- Patents - Index of Specifications of Patents. 1857.
- Peerage -
- Scottish Post Office Directories
- Wikipedia
- WWI
- Australian Dictionary of Biography
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Newspapers
- Australia, National Library of
- British Newspaper Archive
- New Zealand, National Library of
- Welsh Newspapers
- Daily Telegraph Obituaries
- Independent Newspaper 1992- - Searchable for modern obituaries etc.
- Access for Cornwall Library members - 28009018028695
Technical Bits
- Web site speed test
- Connection speed test
- Stats - google@tweedie
Book location
- AbeBooks - Almost any book from any book seller in the world
- Copac - Locate volumes held in libraries
- Worldcat - Locate volumes held in libraries
- World of Books - Secondhand store
- Book Depository - Secondhand store
- Book Barn - Secondhand store
- Stells and Rose's Books
See Also
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