Ancestors lost in the crowd?
New to family history research?
Perhaps these articles on our website may help:
Census 1841 - 1911
Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
The London Gazette
Newspaper archives
Trade Directories
History of Braintree
Braintree, Market Square 1900
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Braintree >> Pigot's Directory 1823
Pigot's Directory of Essex 1823 - list of inhabitants.
If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1823 directory is the 1841 census. There are a number of commercial providers of census returns. These include:
Note: the directory lists the names in the following order: Surname, First Name. It also abbreviates names. These have been reversed and typed in full to assist research.
My ancestor lived here at this time, but why aren't they listed here? Answer: Not everyone appeared in a trade directory. Please read our Trade Directories article
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Academies.
Ann Cope (ladies)
John Copsey
John Garrett
John Parker (ladies)
Gilbert Scott
Attorneys.
J.P. Fenn
Benjamin Joscelyne
Bakers.
Aaron Bread
George Brown
Philip Elgar
Isaac Joscelyne
William Lowe
William Owers
John Parker
William Raven
Thomas Wright
Blacksmiths.
Joseph Challis
William Lovey
William Hicks
Henry May
William Smith
Booksellers.
Ann Campbell
Thomas Shearcroft
Sarah Smith
Brewers.
Oliver Gosling
Samuel Tunbridge
Boot and Shoemakers.
James Andrews
Thomas Eve
John Garrett
Daniel Wright
Braziers and Tinmen.
Thomas Cussins
William Elgar
John Possell
James Shave
Butchers.
Thomas Cook
Abrahm Medcalf sen. and jun.
James Medcalf
Corn Factors.
Thomas Britton
John Carter
John Finch
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Go to the home page of the parish, village or town, and follow the 'My Ancestors' link halfway down the page.