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 was initiated by William's wife, Ann Alexander (born Tuke, 1767-1849)[1].
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Succeeding editors were:
An American Annual Monitor was published 1858 to 1863.
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
Over the years, the title has varied thus:
The Green index and the following years are available online (at 10 March 2010):