British and Irish Biographies 1840 - 1940

This collection contains copies of numerous biographical publications an index to which appears on a set of 325 fiche.
      The tenn "dictionary" is used to designate the publication. .
These instructions appear in their entirety on the first fiche in the series 6342001
      Personal names are indexed with titles, but without qualifications. Family names appear with
      their geographical location where known. '
Researchers should not expect that names appear exactly as given in original dictionaries. Researchers should consult all possible variants of the names of people in whom they are interested.
Please note that Debrett's Peerage lists all members of peer's families, including collateral branches, under the main titleholder's name. These families have not been indexed, and their entries must be found under the name of the peer. Where a peer's title and family name are identical, some dictionaries alphabetize entries by rank and others by forename.(Consult fiche for rest of note)
      Each entry in the index is followed by the serial number of the microfiche on which the biographical entry occurs, with the date of the relevant dictionary in brackets.
      The microfiche serial number is made up of two parts.
      The first part relates to the relevant dictionary .(name of publication) " The second to the edition of that dictionary. (Volume or year)
      Thus an entry that is listed as 20.001 is means that the record is in dictionary 20 on fiche number 1.
       The name of the dictionary is obtained from the
                 instruction fiche 6342001-1
. or the Register of British & Irish Biographies on the register table (942 A3cj).
      in the case the publication is Hampshire at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century (pike's New Century Series - the most numerous listing in the register).
       Register of British & Irish Biographies
The names of the dictionaries are listed alphabetically. (The Instruction fiche lists them by serial number) If you have the name of the dictionary you can go immediately to the FHLC listing which is an alphabetical listing of the publication and the corresponding Fiche Number.
      TITLE YEAR NO. OF FICHE (publisher's No.] FICHE NO. Hampshire at the Beginning 4 20.0001 6027944
      of the Twentieth Century

BRITISH AND IRISH BIOGRAPHIES 1840-1940
   PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE USING THE INDEX

This index comprises one alphabetical 1isting of all persons and families with biographies included in the microfiche publication, British and Irish biographies 1840-1940.   Personal names appear with titles, but without qualifications.

Family names appear with their geographical location, where known.  Researchers should not expect names to appear exactly as given in the original dictionaries. Due to the large amount of data involved the editors have been usable In many cases to differentiate between persons or families with the same name. Nor have they been able to attempt to verify whether persons or families with sim1lar but differently formulated or spelled names are the same. Researchers should consult all possible variants of the names of people in whom they are interested.

Please note also that Debrett’s Peerage lists all members of peers' families, including the collateral branches, under the  main title-holder's name. These family members have not been individually indexed, and their entries must be found under the name of the peer. Where a peer's title and family name are identical, some dictionaries alphabetize entries by rank and others by forename; some dictionaries list, the formal rank, i.e. 'Baron', 'Earl', etc. – others use the more general style of 'Lord'. Note also that spellings of 'Marquess' and ‘Marquis' have NOT been standardized. they are interested.

Each entry in the index IS followed by the serial number of the microfiche on which the biographical entry occurs, with the date of the relevant dictionary in brackets. The microfiche serial number IS made up of two parts. The first part relates to the relevant dictionary, the second to the edition of that dictionary. Because each volume of Debrett’s Peerage comprises several alphabetical sequences the Debrett’s entries, in addition to the serial number, include also the microfiche number prefixed by 'f.'; e.g. 14.100 f.27 (1940) indicates fiche number 27 of dictionary 14.100 (1940).

The serial number appears on the right hand side of the microfiche title strip. Microfiche should thus be stored numerically for easy access.