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Course image English: Taxes, Lists, Business, Electoral and Insurance Records
Advanced English Records
Course Summary:
Optional Print Course Material: English: Taxes, Lists, Business and Insurance Records
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
This course is a survey of the many records to do with land that are helpful for the family historian. We shall examine maps, gazetteers, title deeds, land tax, ancient & modern Domesday books, tithes, enclosure, manorial records, quit claims, estate papers, Land Registry & Valuation Office and many other types of records. Their availability & practical details on how to use them in genealogical research will be emphasized.
Course Length: 8 weeks
Contact Hours: 21
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Course Length: 8 weeks
Course Content
MODULE 1
GATEWAYS TO ENGLISH ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES
The National Archives
Other Major Archives & Libraries
Copyright Libraries
TAX RECORDS
Definitions
Taxes
MODULE 2
TAXES RECORDS ... Continued
Hearth Tax 1662-1689
Land Tax 1692-1963
Registration (or Marriage) Tax 1695-1706
House Tax 1696-1834
Window Tax 1696-1851
Georgian Assessed Taxes
MODULE 3
RATES
Highway & Surveyors’ Rates
Union Rates 1865-1925
Town Rates
General Rates 1925-1990
Using Rate Books
Transfer of Property
Licences
Legal Recognition of Documents
Finding Taxation Records
MODULE 4
ELECTORAL RECORDS
Poor Law Franchise
Local Government Franchise
Local Government Outside London
Early Electoral Records
Recent Electoral Registers
National Registration Scheme 1915
Other Political Election Records
MODULE 5
RELIGIOUS, LOYALTY & OTHER LISTS
Aliens & Refugees Lists
King’s or Queen’s Bounty
Jacobite Rebellion 1745
Oaths
Parliamentary Papers
TONTINES & ANNUITIES
State Tontines & Annuities
MODULE 6
INSURANCE
Development of Marine Insurance
Development of Fire Insurance
Development of Life & Accident Assurance
Guilds & Trade Organizations
Life Assurance Companies
Accident Assurance
20th Century Insurance Developments
MODULE 7
BUSINESS RECORDS
Sole Traders & Partnerships
Trade Directories
Integration of Records
REFERENCES
MODULE 1
GATEWAYS TO ENGLISH ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES
The National Archives
Other Major Archives & Libraries
Copyright Libraries
TAX RECORDS
Definitions
Taxes
MODULE 2
TAXES RECORDS ... Continued
Hearth Tax 1662-1689
Land Tax 1692-1963
Registration (or Marriage) Tax 1695-1706
House Tax 1696-1834
Window Tax 1696-1851
Georgian Assessed Taxes
MODULE 3
RATES
Highway & Surveyors’ Rates
Union Rates 1865-1925
Town Rates
General Rates 1925-1990
Using Rate Books
Transfer of Property
Licences
Legal Recognition of Documents
Finding Taxation Records
MODULE 4
ELECTORAL RECORDS
Poor Law Franchise
Local Government Franchise
Local Government Outside London
Early Electoral Records
Recent Electoral Registers
National Registration Scheme 1915
Other Political Election Records
MODULE 5
RELIGIOUS, LOYALTY & OTHER LISTS
Aliens & Refugees Lists
King’s or Queen’s Bounty
Jacobite Rebellion 1745
Oaths
Parliamentary Papers
TONTINES & ANNUITIES
State Tontines & Annuities
MODULE 6
INSURANCE
Development of Marine Insurance
Development of Fire Insurance
Development of Life & Accident Assurance
Guilds & Trade Organizations
Life Assurance Companies
Accident Assurance
20th Century Insurance Developments
MODULE 7
BUSINESS RECORDS
Sole Traders & Partnerships
Trade Directories
Integration of Records
REFERENCES