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COPY 1/501 Weaver and apprentice in a cotton mill, 1906

Apprenticeship records for family historians

Published date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT

In this talk, Mark Pearsall, The National Archives' family history specialist, focuses on the apprenticeship system and how it worked in practice, and covers those records that survive in The National Archives, in particular the Apprenticeship Books in record series IR 1. It also suggests where to look for surviving apprenticeship records in other archives and record offices, as well as other useful sources for tracing apprentices where details of the apprenticeship indentures have not survived.

Author: Mark Pearsall Duration: 51:11

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