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Theatres and Fairgrounds - Genealogy Sites

Theatres, Fairgrounds Romaies, Gypsies & Travellers Large numbers of family history researchers find that an ancestor has been an entertainer, actor, actress or been a member of a fairground family. These websites might be able to help you in your search for information on the individuals or their way of life.

British Theatre History
http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection

A website to help in locating performing arts archives
http://www.backstage.ac.uk/

National fairground archive
http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk

Theatre collection indexing names on theatre playbills
http://www.mander-and-mitchenson.co.uk/

Search playbills from Leeds theatres
http://www.leodis.net/playbills/

This website will be invaluable to those with Travellers or Romanies in their ancestry.
It provides an extensive bibliography of books about Romanies, Travellers, Gypsies, associated peoples and their heritage.
http://www.rtfhs.org.uk/

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