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Population coverage: Naval records cover about 10% to 15% of the population during peacetime and much more during wartime. | Population coverage: Naval records cover about 10% to 15% of the population during peacetime and much more during wartime. | ||
Reliability: Good. | |||
Accessibility: Through a researcher or a professional genealogist.<ref name="profile" /> | |||
==== Naval records: Pensions | |||
Research use: Shows relationships and to supplements information found in church records or missing information due to loss of church records | |||
Record type: Pension records for sailors wounded in service. | |||
Time period: 1653-1961. | |||
Contents: Name of sailor, service information, date of pension, date of death. (PRO classes Adm 6/222, 270, 446; Adm 18/119; Adm 22/47-49, 254-443; Adm 23/23-24, 32, 76-77, 89-94; Adm 82/1-2,122-123; Adm 165; PMG 16/1, 6, 15-31; PMG 70; PMG 71). | |||
Location: The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU, England. | |||
Population coverage: Naval records cover about 10% to 15% of the population during peacetime and much more during wartime. | |||
Reliability: Good. | |||
Accessibility: Through a researcher or a professional genealogist.<ref name="profile" /> | |||
==== Naval records: Casualty records (bounty to next of kin) ==== | |||
Research use: Shows relationships and to supplements information found in church records or missing information due to the loss of church records. Extremely valuable in proving pedigree connections. | |||
Record type: Registers and papers concerned with claims for and payments of bounty to next of kin of men killed in battle. | |||
Time period: 1675-1920. | |||
Contents: Registers and papers concerning claims for bounty to next of kin of sailors killed in battle. Includes certificates of birth and marriage, and information about addresses and circumstances of the beneficiaries. (PRO classes: Adm 6/445, Adm 1/51-52, Adm 30/20, Adm 106/3017-3034, Adm 141, and Adm 154). | |||
Location: The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU, England. | |||
Population coverage: Naval records--about 10% to 15% of the population during peacetime and much more during wartime. | |||
Reliability: Good. | |||
Accessibility: Through a researcher or a professional genealogist.<ref name="profile" /> | |||
==== Naval records: Pay books ==== | |||
Research use: Substitute for destroyed church records to locate birth dates and places. | |||
Record type: Pay list of Naval officers and men aboard each commissioned warship and hired "armed ship". | |||
Time period: 1669-1856. | |||
Contents: Name, rank, dates of entry and discharge, age and birth place of all members of ship's company. These records cover sailors from England, Scotland, Wales, and foreign countries, as well as Ireland. (PRO classes: Adm. 31, 32, and 33). | |||
Location: The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU, England. | |||
Population coverage: Varies--very high during wartime (40%) and much lower (about 10%) during peacetime. | |||
Reliability: Good. | Reliability: Good. | ||