While trawling through the Genuki pages on Yorkshire, I was interested to see that several trade directories had been published over the years and I wondered if there was a source somewhere which would tell me what was available. It occurred to me that these publications and anything similar, could be a source of trying to trace the movements of some people between census years. I know of Bulmer's in 1890 and Kelly's in 1879 & 1905. Were there any others? I am particularly interested in the years 1861-1881 and the early 20th century. Is anyone able to tell me what might be available and how I would go about accessing the information, please? Any help is much appreciated. Regards Ailsa Petrie -- Hamilton New Zealand

Ailsa, You could try the Archive CD Book site of Rod Neep, he takes old books, many of them trade directories, and puts them onto CD. http://www.archivecdbooks.org/ Regards Jenny DeAngelis. Spain. Subject: [N'Yorks] Trade Directories et al > While trawling through the Genuki pages on Yorkshire, I was interested > to see that several trade directories had been published over the years > between census years. I know of Bulmer's in 1890 and Kelly's in 1879 & > 1905. Were there any others? > > I am particularly interested in the years 1861-1881 and the early 20th > century. Is anyone able to tell me what might be available and how I > would go about accessing the information, please?