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Hall, Christopher A. ''A Guide to the Lloyd’s Marine Collection at the Guildhall Library''. London, England: Guildhall Library, 1985. (FHL book 942.1/L1 A3hc.) | Hall, Christopher A. ''A Guide to the Lloyd’s Marine Collection at the Guildhall Library''. London, England: Guildhall Library, 1985. (FHL book 942.1/L1 A3hc.) | ||
[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60609 '''Apprentices Indentured in Merchant Navy, 1824-1910'''.] This approximately 350,000 name database at Ancestry.co.uk provides names, ages, ports sailed to, and sea captains' names, and the dates of sailing, and is a significant finding tool for those who served aboard ships of Great Britain's maritime navy. Search this database and records of the Royal Navy (at The National Archives, UK) when you know an ancestry served in the Merchant Navy.<br> | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60609 '''Apprentices Indentured in Merchant Navy, 1824-1910'''.] This approximately 350,000 name database at Ancestry.co.uk provides names, ages, ports sailed to, and sea captains' names, and the dates of sailing, and is a significant finding tool for those who served aboard ships of Great Britain's maritime navy. Search this database and records of the Royal Navy (at The National Archives, UK) when you know an ancestry served in the Merchant Navy.<br> | ||
'''Register of Seamen (BT 112, 119, 120)'''. These registers contain copies of the certificates issued to individuals authorizing them to serve on a ship. The registers exist for the years 1835 to 1856 and give the man’s age, birthplace, date of first going to sea, rank, service record, and the ship’s name. Those from 1844 to 1856 give a physical description of the man. The registers for some years are indexed. | '''Register of Seamen (BT 112, 119, 120)'''. These registers contain copies of the certificates issued to individuals authorizing them to serve on a ship. The registers exist for the years 1835 to 1856 and give the man’s age, birthplace, date of first going to sea, rank, service record, and the ship’s name. Those from 1844 to 1856 give a physical description of the man. The registers for some years are indexed. | ||
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Online Indexes, databases and browsable collections for merchant mariners and ships of the merchant marine: | Online Indexes, databases and browsable collections for merchant mariners and ships of the merchant marine: | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60609 Apprenticeships of Indentures, British Merchant Navy], 1824-1919- 350,000 entries<br> | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60609 Apprenticeships of Indentures, British Merchant Navy], 1824-1919- 350,000 entries<br> | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/merchant-navy-seamen Merchant Seamen 1835-1857; 1918-1941 registers ]- 2.6 million entries | *[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/merchant-navy-seamen Merchant Seamen 1835-1857; 1918-1941 registers ]- 2.6 million entries | ||
*[http://www.freecen.org.uk/ 1861 Census Ships at Sea Index] | *[http://www.freecen.org.uk/ 1861 Census Ships at Sea Index] | ||
*1871-1891 Census of shipping - search and view at: FindMyPast.co.uk or Ancestry. | *1871-1891 Census of shipping - search and view at: FindMyPast.co.uk or Ancestry. | ||
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3139 Muster rolls from Agreement & Crew Lists of seamen, 1747 to 1860].This is a browseable collection<br> | *[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3139 Muster rolls from Agreement & Crew Lists of seamen, 1747 to 1860].This is a browseable collection<br> | ||