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==Historical books online==
==Historical books online==
*''Burke's Peerage''. Title appears to have varied. Includes ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage'', published by Burke, and ''Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry : including American families with British ancestry''.  
*''Burke's Peerage''. Title appears to have varied. Includes ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage'', published by Burke, and ''Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry : including American families with British ancestry''.  
:[https://archive.org/details/vol1912genealogi00unse/page/n3/mode/2up 74th edition 1912], [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Pf8cAAAAYAAJ  76th edition 1914 : A-L only] to page 1274 (total c 2761), [https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/n7/mode/2up 77th edition 1915]. Archive.org,  [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera0000burk_j4v1/page/n5/mode/2up 101st edition 1956] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/vol1912genealogi00unse/page/n3/mode/2up 74th edition 1912], [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Pf8cAAAAYAAJ  76th edition 1914 : A-L only] to page 1274 (total c 2761), [https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/n7/mode/2up 77th edition 1915]. Archive.org,  [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera0000burk_j4v1/page/n5/mode/2up 101st edition 1956] only available to patrons with print disabilities, [https://archive.org/details/burkespeeragebar0001unse/page/n5/mode/2up 106th edition 1999, Volume I, A-L] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2388316 1882], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2015556 1883], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2606895 1895], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2379387 1900], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2567848 1902], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2072558 1916], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/250534  1939],  [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/389459  Digitised volumes from microfilm] viewable on your home computer (Scroll down).  FamilySearch Digital Library or digitised microfilm. '''Note''' to view these digital books, you must be signed in to FS, see [[FamilySearch]].
:[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2388316 1882], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2015556 1883], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2606895 1895], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2379387 1900], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2567848 1902], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2072558 1916], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/250534  1939],  [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/389459  Digitised volumes from microfilm] viewable on your home computer (Scroll down).  FamilySearch Digital Library or digitised microfilm. '''Note''' to view these digital books, you must be signed in to FS, see [[FamilySearch]].
*''Debrett's''. In some years there were two series of publications, in general terms ''Debrett's Peerage'', and ''Debrett's Baronetage''. The 1921 editions are both available online, and indicate mainly different content.  
*''Debrett's''. In some years there were two series of publications, in general terms ''Debrett's Peerage'', and ''Debrett's Baronetage''. The 1921 editions are both available online, and indicate mainly different content.  
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:[https://archive.org/details/whoswho1932annua00lond/page/n9 ''1932, 84th Year of Issue'']; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548328 ''1937, 89th Year of Issue'']; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548327/page/n1  ''1939,  91th Year Of Issue''];  
:[https://archive.org/details/whoswho1932annua00lond/page/n9 ''1932, 84th Year of Issue'']; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548328 ''1937, 89th Year of Issue'']; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548327/page/n1  ''1939,  91th Year Of Issue''];  
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548326 ''1942,  94th Year Of Issue'']; [https://archive.org/details/whoswho1945annua00lond/page/n5  ''1945, 97th Year of Issue'']; [https://archive.org/details/whoswho1951annua00lond/page/n5  ''1951, 103rd Year of issue''].
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548326 ''1942,  94th Year Of Issue'']; [https://archive.org/details/whoswho1945annua00lond/page/n5  ''1945, 97th Year of Issue'']; [https://archive.org/details/whoswho1951annua00lond/page/n5  ''1951, 103rd Year of issue''].
:[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoannualbio00lond/page/n5/mode/2up ''1972-1973, 124th Year of Issue''],  [https://archive.org/details/whoswho19721973newy/page/n5/mode/2up 2nd file]; [https://archive.org/details/whoswhoannualbio1973unse ''1973, 125th  Year of Issue''];  [https://archive.org/details/whoswhoannualbio1974lond ''1974-1975, 126th  Year of Issue'']  
:[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoannualbio00lond/page/n5/mode/2up ''1972-1973, 124th Year of Issue''],  [https://archive.org/details/whoswho19721973newy/page/n5/mode/2up 2nd file]; [https://archive.org/details/whoswhoannualbio1973unse ''1973, 125th  Year of Issue''];  [https://archive.org/details/whoswhoannualbio1974lond ''1974-1975, 126th  Year of Issue'']
:[https://archive.org/details/whoswho2009annua0000unse/mode/2up ''2009, 161st Year of Issue'']  
:[https://archive.org/details/whoswho1996annua0000unse/page/n5/mode/2up ''1996 148th Iss.''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho1997annua0000unse/page/n5/mode/2up ''1997 149th Iss.''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho1998annua0000unse/page/n5/mode/2up ''1998 150th Iss.''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho20000000unse ''2000 152nd Iss.'']
:[https://archive.org/details/whoswho20010000unse/page/n5/mode/2up ''2001 153rd Iss.''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho2002annua0000unse/page/n5/mode/2up ''2002 154th Iss.''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho20030000unse/page/n5/mode/2up ''2003 155th Iss.''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho2004annua0000unse/page/n5/mode/2up ''2004 156th Iss.''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho2005annua0000unse/page/n5/mode/2up ''2005 157th Iss.''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho2006annua2006unse/page/n5/mode/2up ''2006 158th Iss.''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho2007whosw0000blac/page/n3/mode/2up ''2007, 159th Year of Issue''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho20080000unse/page/n3/mode/2up ''2008 160th Iss.''],  [https://archive.org/details/whoswho2009annua0000unse/mode/2up ''2009, 161st Year of Issue''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho2010000unse/page/n3/mode/2up ''2010 162nd Iss.'']
:[https://archive.org/details/whoswho20110000unse/page/n3/mode/2up ''2011 163rd Iss.''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho20120000unse/page/n3/mode/2up ''2012 164th Iss.''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho2013annua0000unse/page/n3/mode/2up ''2013 165th Iss.''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho20140000unse/page/n3/mode/2up ''2014 166th Iss.''], [https://archive.org/details/whoswho20160000unse/page/n3/mode/2up ''2016 168th Iss.'']
*''Who Was Who : a Companion to Who's Who, containing the biographies of those who died during the period ..'' published by A & C Black Ltd. Archive.org and Archive.org Lending Library.
*''Who Was Who : a Companion to Who's Who, containing the biographies of those who died during the period ..'' published by A & C Black Ltd. Archive.org and Archive.org Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/whowaswhocompani01londuoft/page/n1 ''Volume I 1897-1916''] published 1920, [https://archive.org/details/whowaswho18971910001vari/page/n7/mode/2up 5th edition 1966], [https://archive.org/details/whowaswhovol11890001unse/page/n5/mode/2up 6th edition 1988] Archive.org Lending Library;
:[https://archive.org/details/whowaswhocompani01londuoft/page/n1 ''Volume I 1897-1916''] published 1920, [https://archive.org/details/whowaswho18971910001vari/page/n7/mode/2up 5th edition 1966], [https://archive.org/details/whowaswhovol11890001unse/page/n5/mode/2up 6th edition 1988] Archive.org Lending Library;

Revision as of 01:27, 28 December 2022

Officers in the British Army, the East India Company armies, and the Indian Army were often of high social status/the Landed Gentry class and genealogical resources relating to this social class may provide Army details.

Historical books online

  • Burke's Peerage. Title appears to have varied. Includes A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage, published by Burke, and Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry : including American families with British ancestry.
74th edition 1912, 76th edition 1914 : A-L only to page 1274 (total c 2761), 77th edition 1915. Archive.org, 101st edition 1956 only available to patrons with print disabilities, 106th edition 1999, Volume I, A-L Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
1882, 1883, 1895, 1900, 1902, 1916, 1939, Digitised volumes from microfilm viewable on your home computer (Scroll down). FamilySearch Digital Library or digitised microfilm. Note to view these digital books, you must be signed in to FS, see FamilySearch.
  • Debrett's. In some years there were two series of publications, in general terms Debrett's Peerage, and Debrett's Baronetage. The 1921 editions are both available online, and indicate mainly different content.
Debrett's Peerage Multiple editions, latest 1936, together with 1876 1921 1923 Archive.org
Debrett's Peerage on FamilySearch Digital Library
1808, 1819, 1826, 1869, 1874, 1888, 1913
Debrett's Baronetage Archive.org 1815-1835, together with Debrett's Baronetage 1921 Archive.org.
Debrett's Baronetage on FamilySearch Digital Library. 1824, 1840, Broken range 1883 to 1955. Note however, not all editions listed in the latter link are available online.
Note to view the FamilySearch digital books, you must be signed in to FS, see FamilySearch.
Potentially available from FamilySearch in the future but currently (2019/03/05) none seem to be available online.
List of FamilySearch holdings to 1920, some of which are currently available online, some of which may be digitised in the future (scroll down) including 1911, 1912, 1919. Also (separately) 1917
Note to view the FamilySearch digital books, you must be signed in to FS, see FamilySearch.
The Complete Peerage “New edition, revised and much enlarged” in 14 Volumes published 1910-1959.
Contents: v. 1. Ab-Adam to Basing -- v. 2. Bass to Canning -- v. 3. Canonteign to Cutts -- v. 4. Dacre to Dysart -- v. 5. Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat -- v. 6. Gordon to Hurstpierpoint -- v. 7. Husee to Lincolnshire -- v. 8. Lindley to Moate -- v. 9. Moels to Nuneham -- v. 10. Oakham to Richmond -- v. 11. Rickerton to Sisonby -- v. 12-1. Skelmersdale to Towton -- v. 12-2. Tracton to Zouche -- v. 13. Peers created 1901-1938 -- v. 14. Addenda & corrigenda (publisher varies).
Vol1 1 1910, Vol 2 1912, Vol 3 1913, Vol 4 1916. Vol 5 1926 - Note Use single page option to view. Each single digital page appears to contain four actual pages. Vol 7 1929. All Archive.org.
FamilySearch Digital Library editions. Note to view these digital books, you must be signed in to FS, see FamilySearch.
  • Who’s Who. Published by Adam and Charles Black, London.
Hathi Trust Digital Library editions, full view 1853-1871 (broken range), and 1889-1923 (broken range) available for restricted area such as North America. Also in the latter category.
The following are Archive.org, including Lending Library.
1904, 56th Year of Issue; 1907, 59th Year of Issue;
1932, 84th Year of Issue; 1937, 89th Year of Issue; 1939, 91th Year Of Issue;
1942, 94th Year Of Issue; 1945, 97th Year of Issue; 1951, 103rd Year of issue.
1972-1973, 124th Year of Issue, 2nd file; 1973, 125th Year of Issue; 1974-1975, 126th Year of Issue
1996 148th Iss., 1997 149th Iss., 1998 150th Iss., 2000 152nd Iss.
2001 153rd Iss., 2002 154th Iss., 2003 155th Iss., 2004 156th Iss., 2005 157th Iss., 2006 158th Iss., 2007, 159th Year of Issue, 2008 160th Iss., 2009, 161st Year of Issue, 2010 162nd Iss.
2011 163rd Iss., 2012 164th Iss., 2013 165th Iss., 2014 166th Iss., 2016 168th Iss.
  • Who Was Who : a Companion to Who's Who, containing the biographies of those who died during the period .. published by A & C Black Ltd. Archive.org and Archive.org Lending Library.
Volume I 1897-1916 published 1920, 5th edition 1966, 6th edition 1988 Archive.org Lending Library;
Volume II, 1916-1928 2nd edition 1947, Volume II, 1916-1928, 4th edition, 1967, 5th edition 1992 Archive.org Lending Library
Volume III 1929-1940, 1941, Vol III 2nd edition 1967, 2nd file, 1967 edition Archive.org Lending Library
Volume IV 1941-1950 4th edition 1967. The 3rd edition contained extra entries. Archive.org Lending Library
Volume V 1951-1960 2nd edition 1964. 4th edition, 1984 Archive.org Lending Library
Volume VI 1961-1970 1972 Archive.org Lending Library
Volume VII 1971-1980 1981. 2nd edition, 1989 Archive.org Lending Library
Who Was Who. A Cumulated Index 1897-1980 1981. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
Volume VIII 1981-1990 1991. 2nd file. Archive.org Lending Library
Who Was Who. A Cumulated Index 1897-1990 1991. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
Volume IX, 1991-1995 1996. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
Volume X, 1996-2000 2001. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
Volume XI, 2001-2005 2006. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
Note. If you are in the UK and have a library card, refer Miscellaneous tips, your public library system may subscribe to Who's Who / Who Was Who online, and you can gain access by clicking on the 'unlock' symbol and signing in with your card number.[1]

References

  1. seaJane. Who's Who 1926 Great War Forum 16 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.