Another place you might find mention of your ancestors is on Donors and/or Subscribers lists. Magazines, newspapers, causes, institutions, etc... many depended on their subscribers or donors for survival.
What made me think of this, is that my aunt recently passed away, and I was googling her name to see if anything came up. My uncle had a very good job in his career days and saved and invested enough to live well. I find, not surprisingly, that they had set up a fund for donations, one of which is "An Instrument for Every Child". That warmed my heart, as there are many piano players on all sides of my family, plus I always do what I can to help children in need.
Connecticut Institute for the Blind
One place you will find donors names is in the telling of building or restoring/repairing a parish church. An example of this is the Our Roots book "Monographie de St-Ignace du Cap St-Ignace depuis 1672 à 1903" where they list donors to the church. Also annual reports for institutions, charities or clubs usually give names of subscribers or donors.
What were your ancestors passionate about enough to loosen their purse strings?
I have listed a few links below. You can search Internet Archive for areas your ancestors lived.. try keywords - report, proceedings, publishing with the keyword subscribers.
Relevant Links
Annals - Nickerson Home for Children - Boston, Mass 1893
History of the Royal Homes for Officers' Widows and Daughters, Wimbleton 1899-1918
A continuation of the narrative of the Indian charity-school, in Lebanon in Connecticut, and list of the names of the subscribers; an account of monies received and paid; together with Dr. Wheelock's annual account of his receipts and disbursements 1769
An account of the West-Yorkshire Educational and Benevolent Institution, with list of subscribers and report of the proceedings at the luncheon, in the Victoria Hall, Halifax, Saturday, March 31st, 1906
Officers and members of the Quebec Diocesan Committee : list of annual subscribers of the Quebec committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and list of subscribers and donors of the Quebec National School Fund
Report of the General Committee of the Mechanics' Institute ofMontreal, to the members, at the annual general meeting, 6th November, 1854: with proceedings of annual meeting, and list of subscribers to the Mechanics' Hall
Geographical Index of Members and Subscribers - the American Economic Review
Report and list of subscribers - the Lincoln Record Society - 1914-1915
List of Subscribers - Victoria and Esquimalt Telephone (BC) 1880
List of Subscribers' names1840 - with Their Places of Residences - the Apollo Association for the promotion of the Fine Arts in the US
List of Subscribers to the engraved portrait of His Excellency Sir Charles T. Metcalf 1845
Report of the Glasgow Emancipation Society : with list of subscribers
Rules and catalogue of the Halifax Garrison Library: with list of subscribers 1835
Prisoners Aid Association of Canada -Report with list of subscribers
The New Brunswick
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: incorporated under 44
Victoria, Chap. LVIII : head office, Saint John, N.B. : constitution and
bye-laws, treasurer's account, and list of subscribers, for 1883
Address of the Royal
Jennerian Society for the Extermination of theSmall-pox: with the plan,
regulations and instructions for vaccine inoculation : to which is added a list
of the subscribers – London 1803
Publishing for
subscribers, (and ready for delivery) under the special patronage of Her
Majesty the Queen: the splendidly engraved plan of the naval and military
operations, and death of Wolfe, before Quebec, in 1759, dedicated to the
members of the United Service by Alfred Hawkins of Quebec – List of subscribers
1843
Eighteenth
report of the directors of the African Institution : read at the annual
general meeting, held on the 11th day of May, 1824 : with an appendix and a
list of subscribers UK
The seventh
report of the Reformed Romanist Priests' Protection Society, for the years
1852 & 1853 : founded 5th May, 1844, the day on which the Rev. Solomon
Frost renounced popery in St. Audoen's Church, Dublin ; with extracts of
correspondence, abstracts of cash account, and list of subscribers.
Memorabilia
of the city of Perth: containing, Aguide to Perth; list of the
subscribers for building the bridge, and the public seminaries; 1806
Discourses,
delivered on public occasions : illustrating the principles, displaying the
tendency, and vindicating the design, of Freemasonry ; subscribers;
Charleston 1801
A history
of the late siege of Gibraltar. : With a description and account of that
garrison, from the earliest periods; and list of subscribers – London 1786
Membership
dues, income and expense booklet, Liberal Ladies Benevolent Association,
Reading, MA 1868-1869
Journal
of the Waterford & South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society
The history of Rehoboth, Mass 1836
The history of Rehoboth, Mass 1836
List of subscribers
and donors to the Royal Hospital, Victoria, BC from 30th June, 1861 to 13th
January, 1862
Prince Edward Island
Auxiliary Colonial Church Society: Charlottetown, Nov 1840
Amanda Township Cemetery Company - Ohio 1907
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