Historical Directories is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It is a free website produced by the University of Leicester and is very user friendly being searchable by location, decades, or keywords.
Using this site I was able to locate our ancestor, Odian Cassingham, listed in the History, Gazetteer & Directory of Kent, Vol. II, 1847 under Folkstone Hundred as a Farmer:
In reading the descriptive of his parish, I also came across the name of his home, Copperhust, where he resided on Knoll Hill in Aldington, Ashford, Kent:
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I love it when I chance across little things like this when I am researching people. Odian, that's an unusual name and coupled with Casingham. HAs that made your search easier or more difficult?
ReplyDeleteOdian is a very unique name. It does help when differentiating families.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting us know about this historical directory!
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ReplyDeleteWow! I didn't know about this website.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing this.
Michelle
www.asouthernsleuth.com
Wow, thanks for the link. I love looking in old directories. You can also find some old directories using Google Books.
ReplyDeleteRegards, Jim
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