New records from TheGenealogist allow researchers to search for ancestors in the period before useable census records began.
The City from Bankside by Thomas Miles Richardson, c1820
The new, searchable collection covers early trade and residential directories for the years 1816 to 1839, listing names of tradespeople, prominent citizens and in some cases, other residents of a town. Many of these directories will also give a good description of the town or area. The directories released in this batch include volumes that cover Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Derby, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Durham, Essex, Glasgow, Hampshire, London, Liverpool, Middlesex, Northumberland, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire and Suffolk.