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The websites included on this page are generally of more specific interest for instance industrial accidents, the Poor Law Union Workhouses and criminal proceedings. A useful site for background information on different localities is that of the Victoria County History, a project that is atill in progress after over 100 years. Of particular interest to anyone with ancestors from around the Manchester area, in the mid 1800s, is the website on the 'lost' and unfilmed enumeration books from the 1851 census in the districts around Manchester.

Lists of over half a million names, of people involved in railway and mining accidents and incidents, World War stories and photos, court appearances, seamen, wills etc., taken from various sources. The search is free but there is a charge to see the actual records.
http://www.blacksheepindex.co.uk

Numerous pages of information and pictures of workhouses all over the British Isles
http://www.workhouses.org.uk

Rossbrett workhouses website with lists of institutions and additional and relevant information.
http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/

Records of proceedings of the Old Bailey from 1674 - 1834
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org.uk

Surname profiler - this website allows you to type in a surname and discover distribution throughoutt the world or more local areas.
http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames

Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Street Hospital - the website contains numerous databases, including patient admissions from 1852 to 1914.
http://www.smallandspecial.org

Victoria county history - This is the website of a project set up in Victorian times, 1899, to document the historical information and material on each of the English counties from earliest times. The project is still active. Some of the completed volumes are now out of print, some are still available to buy, and many are viewable on the website for no charge. If you're interested in the history of a locality this must be a website to visit.
http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk

The 'unfilmed' census of 1851. Many of the 1851 census enumeration books, from a number of areas around Manchester, were badly damaged when their storage area was flooded. Many were in such poor condition that it was considered impossible to film them and so the returns of over 200,000 people, because they were in such fragile condition, were not accessible by the public. However, in 1991 Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society gained permission to transcribe as much as possible from them and, 14 years later, after laborious and intensive years of work, much of that 'lost' material (over 80%) has now been made available. It is available to buy on CDs or can be viewed in libraries and on-line (usually as pay-to-view).
http://www.1851-unfilmed.org.uk/

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