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Piggots directory - query

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brummiejan

brummiejan Report 27 Mar 2010 14:39

Can someone please advise me? I have just read that the above contains records of commercial travellers, of which my gg grandfather was one. I have never used this, and despite googling it am none the wiser, just getting more and more confused!
Would appreciate any guidance, thank you.
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Thelma

Thelma Report 27 Mar 2010 14:45

Have a look here.
http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 27 Mar 2010 14:48

Thanks Satnav. Is this part of the same thing do you know?
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Thelma

Thelma Report 27 Mar 2010 14:55

All that I know is that this is where you will find Pigot's
Eg
Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Ches, Cumb ..., 1828-29. [Part 2: Notts - Yorks & N Wales] Nottinghamshire Rutland Shropshire Staffordshire Warwickshire Westmorland Worcestershire Yorkshire Wales 1750-1849 Pigot Directory | Fact File

Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Ches, Cumb ..., 1828-29. [Part 1: Ches - Northumb] Cheshire Cumberland Derbyshire Durham Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Northumberland 1750-1849 Pigot Directory | Fact File

Pigot's Directory of Hampshire, 1828 Hampshire 1750-1849 Pigot Directory | Fact File

Pigot's Directory of Cornwall, 1830 Cornwall 1750-1849 Pigot Directory | Fact File

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 27 Mar 2010 15:00

Thank you again Satnav, I appreciate you taking time to advise me.
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Janet 693215

Janet 693215 Report 27 Mar 2010 15:41

Piggots directories are sometimes available in the county archives or main library for the relevant area.

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 27 Mar 2010 16:00

Thanks Janet - that would be ideal, but wouldn't you just know it, I'm in Birmingham and looking at Surrey!!
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 27 Mar 2010 19:00

Thanks very much for the advice Joan. Might need to draw a line under this I think. Have got stuck with this ancestor so clutching at straws a bit!
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham