The Annual monitor is a list of British Quakers who died each year, between 1812 and 1919, 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]

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)

• 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)

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) and Index 1893-1901 edited by W. Pumphrey

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

The Quaker records Index 1813-1892 by Joseph Green and the following years are available online (at 17 September 2012). Note the year given is the year of publication. The deaths recorded occurred in the previous year:

An American Annual Monitor was published 1858 to 1863.^[3]

• 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
• The Internet Archive.^[4]