You can do a ton of digging for free The Yesterdays Journey site contain thousands of names of persons from all over the British Isles who appear on official documentation. Some of these documents give important information as to where a person has been or was going to. They include Settlement and Removal papers, Illegitimacy records, Law and Order and Workhouse Board of Guardian requests for help. School records of admissions give DOB and former schools in many cases. There is a growing list of American connections. Also includes transportation's to America. Link below, or Google Yesterdays Journey.    -- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm