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    Census records & census substitutes
    England & Wales Census 1841   over 15 million names and images  
    England & Wales Census 1861   over 21 million names and images  
    England & Wales Census 1871   over 22 million names and images  
    Association Oath Rolls 1696   over 21,500 names  
    Marriage records
    Boyds Marriage Index  1538-1840  over 7 million names  
    St Andrew Holborn Marriage Index  1754-1812  over 75,000 names Hard copies available
    Marriage Licence Allegations Index  1694-1850  over 670,000 names Hard copies available
    Dorset Marriage Index  1538-1856  over 500,000 names
    Apprenticeship records
    London Apprenticeship Abstracts  1442-1850  over 486,000 names  
    Apprentices of Great Britain  1710-1774  about 350,000 indentures  
    Court records
    London Consistory Court Depositions Index  1700-1713  over 3,200 names  
    Inheritance Disputes Index  1574-1714  over 26,000 lawsuits  
    Charles I Chancery Index  1625-1649  82,000 cases  
    Burial records
    London Burials Index  1538-1872  over 311,000 names  
    Militia records
    Militia Attestations Index   1886-1910  over 110,000 names Hard copies available
    Passenger Lists
    British & Irish Passenger Lists  1890  over 193,000 names
    General records and images
    Boyd's Inhabitants of London and Boyd's Family Units  1209-1948  
    Poor Law Records  1742-1868   12,000 names
    Teachers' Registrations  1870-1948  100,000 names  
    Trinity House Calendars  1787-1854  6,500 names Hard copies available
    Somerset & Dorset Notes and Queries  1890-1980
    England & Wales Gazetteer  published 1895  
    England & Wales Gazetteer Maps & Plans   published 1895  All counties  
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