I'm chasing a female ancestor who was a mantua-maker. She took several apprentices but is always listed just as a mantua-maker with no livery company association. Her master was also listed repeatedly as a mantua-maker. I'd like to find her indentures so I can pinpoint her father but have no idea which companies to look at. She doesn't show up online as anything other than a mantua-maker so I need to plough through the undigitized records at the Guildhall Library. Does anyone have any ideas about the most likely companies for that trade? Thanks!

The obvious livery company is the Merchant Taylors. However as she was a mantua-maker, I presume this is late 17th or 18th century, a period over which the link between the company title and the trade of a member declined and almost disappeared, so it could be any company. You could look for the known apprentices as well, because their apprenticeship records will indicate the company of your ancestor as the master, and I guess you may have a better idea of the dates of those apprenticeships. If the relevant names are not in the Apprentices of Great Britain series via mySoG, then Cliff Webb's indexes (see http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-lonapps.aspx) might help eliminate possible companies and timespans before ploughing through records at the GL. Best wishes Andrew -- Andrew Millard - [email protected] Bodimeade genealogy:   http://www.one-name.org/homepages/bodimeade/ My family history:     http://www.dur.ac.uk/a.r.millard/genealogy/ GenUKI Middx + London: http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/ + ../LND/ > From Carol Fisk > Sent: 06 January 2012 10:31 > > I'm chasing a female ancestor who was a mantua-maker. She took > several apprentices but is always listed just as a mantua-maker > with no livery company association. Her master was also listed > repeatedly as a mantua-maker. I'd like to find her indentures so I > can pinpoint her father but have no idea which companies to look > at. She doesn't show up online as anything other than a mantua- > maker so I need to plough through the undigitized records at the > Guildhall Library. Does anyone have any ideas about the most > likely companies for that trade? Thanks!

The usual root where the Livery Company is unknown is to search the City Freedom records first. These do have annual alphabetic indexes and give the Livery Company. Chris Watts ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Fisk" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 10:31 AM Subject: [SOG-UK] Mantua-makers > I'm chasing a female ancestor who was a mantua-maker. She took several > apprentices but is always listed just as a mantua-maker with no livery > company association. Her master was also listed repeatedly as a > mantua-maker. I'd like to find her indentures so I can pinpoint her father > but have no idea which companies to look at. She doesn't show up online > as anything other than a mantua-maker so I need to plough through the > undigitized records at the Guildhall Library. Does anyone have any ideas > about the most likely companies for that trade? Thanks! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

I have several potential relatives that may have found their way to St Mary Lambeth Workhouse. I would like to explore records for St Mary Lambeth Workhouse - Princes Road and Renfrew Road (post 1871), Lambeth. I'm therefore particularly interested in looking at surviving admission and discharge records (& any other relevant records) that may shed light upon:- a) A death in March 1836 b) A census entry in 1841 c) A death in March 1874 d) A death in November 1887 Have records survived, where are they currently held and can I check on-line? Additionally, what are "Rough settlement examination" records, what do they show and could they help with the above? Thank you in advance for your help. Regards, Mike

Mike, I'd try Lambeth Archives: http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/LeisureCulture/LocalHistory/CollectionsHoldings.htm. Lambeth Poor Law records are available on Ancestry but they are not indexed by name - you have to browse by Borough, Poor Law Union and Record Type: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1557. Caroline Gurney www.carosfamily.com On 7 January 2012 18:56, Mike Flaherty <[email protected]> wrote: > I have several potential relatives that may have found their way to St Mary Lambeth Workhouse. > > I would like to explore records for St Mary Lambeth Workhouse - Princes Road and Renfrew Road (post 1871), Lambeth. > I'm therefore particularly interested in looking at surviving admission and discharge records (& any other relevant records) that may shed light upon:- > a) A death in March 1836 > b) A census entry in 1841 > c) A death in March 1874 > d) A death in November 1887 > > Have records survived, where are they currently held and can I check on-line? > > Additionally, what are "Rough settlement examination" records, what do they show and could they help with the above? > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > Regards, > > Mike

Surviving records of the Lambeth Poor Law Union are at the London Metropolitan Archives. You can check the catalogue yourself at http://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC?LOGON Enter the Reference Code LABG and drill down through the various layers to see what they have. Some of the documents have been digitised and are on Ancestry. Regards Peter Goodey On Sat, 2012-01-07 at 19:56 +0100, Mike Flaherty wrote: > I have several potential relatives that may have found their way to St Mary Lambeth Workhouse. > > I would like to explore records for St Mary Lambeth Workhouse - Princes Road and Renfrew Road (post 1871), Lambeth. > I'm therefore particularly interested in looking at surviving admission and discharge records (& any other relevant records) that may shed light upon:- > a) A death in March 1836 > b) A census entry in 1841 > c) A death in March 1874 > d) A death in November 1887 > > Have records survived, where are they currently held and can I check on-line? > > Additionally, what are "Rough settlement examination" records, what do they show and could they help with the above? > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > Regards, > > Mike > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message