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The Annual monitor is a list of British Quakers who died each year, between 1813 and 1920, including well over 20,000 persons. Most entries are basic data: age at death, date of death, names of parents or "widow of ...". Some entries have a "memorial" sometimes of several pages, giving biographical detail and a strong religious message.

The first issue was published in York by William Alexander (1768-1841), who was editor between 1813 and 1819, the project having been initiated by his wife, Ann Alexander (born Tuke, 1767-1849).

Editors

Succeeding editors were:

• William Alexander (1768-1841)
• Sarah Backhouse (1803-1877)
• Samuel Tuke (1784-1857)
• Benjamin Seebohm (1798-1871)
• Esther Seebohm (1798?-1864)
• Joseph Stickney Sewell (1819-1900)
• John Newby (1806-1877)
• William Robinson (1832-1908)
• Francis Arnold Knight (1852-1915)

Numbering

• No. 1-30 (1813-1842);
• New Series No. 1-78 (1843-1919/20)
• New Series. Nos. 67-70 (1909-1912) also issued as Nos. 96-99
• New Series Nos. 71-78 (1913-1920) also issued as Nos. 101-108
• Supplement to No. 22 (1834)

American Annual Monitor

An American Annual Monitor was published 1858 to 1863.

Indexes

Several cumulative indexes were produced, the most comprehensive being Quaker Records: Being an Index to "The Annual Monitor," 1813-1892, edited by Joseph J. Green (available online - see below) and Index 1893-1901 edited by W. Pumphrey

Title variation

Over the years, the title has varied thus:

• The Annual monitor ; or, Newletter-case and memorandum book
• The Annual monitor and memorandum book
• The Annual monitor...being an obituary of members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland

Annual Monitor Online

The Green index and the following years are available online (at 10 March 2010):

• Index 1813-1892
• 1844 New Series No. 2
• 1845 New Series No. 3
• 1850 New Series No.9
• 1851 New Series No.9
• 1852 New Series No.10
• 1853 New Series No. 11
• 1856 No. 14

• 1860 No. 18
• 1862 No. 21
• 1865 No. 23
• 1866 No. 24
• 1867 No.25
• 1869 No. 27
• 1871 No. 29

• 1872 No. 30
• 1885 No.43
• 1887 No. 45
• 1894 No. 52
• 1906 No. 64
• 1910 No. 97
• 1911 No. 98

References

• Catalogue of the Library of the Religious Society of Friends: Britain Yearly Meeting
• Library of the Religious Society of Friends: Britain Yearly Meeting Subject Guide: Genealogy

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