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''[[Wales Genealogy|Wales]]''[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Merchant Marine''' {{Wales-sidebar}} | ''[[Wales Genealogy|Wales]]''[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Merchant Marine''' {{Wales-sidebar}} | ||
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[[Image:Pembroke Dock 1.JPG|thumb|right|350x250px]]A merchant marine is a person who worked aboard commercial vessels. You may want to search merchant shipping records if you find one of the following terms in records about your ancestor: captain, mariner, seaman, mate, boatswain (bosun), or super cargo. | |- | ||
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A merchant marine is a person who worked aboard commercial vessels. You may want to search merchant shipping records if you find one of the following terms in records about your ancestor: captain, mariner, seaman, mate, boatswain (bosun), or super cargo. | |||
Records of Welsh ships and seamen can be found at the Cardiff branch of the National Museum of Wales and the Gwynedd Record Office. The latter publishes the following journal, which is a very good source of information on Welsh seafarers and their ships. | Records of Welsh ships and seamen can be found at the Cardiff branch of the National Museum of Wales and the Gwynedd Record Office. The latter publishes the following journal, which is a very good source of information on Welsh seafarers and their ships. | ||
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''The Trinity House Petitions.'' London, England: Society of Genealogists, 1987. (Family History Library book {{FHL|466327|title-id|disp=942 U3tr}}.) | ''The Trinity House Petitions.'' London, England: Society of Genealogists, 1987. (Family History Library book {{FHL|466327|title-id|disp=942 U3tr}}.) | ||
''Certificates of Competency and Service: Masters, Mates and Engineers'' (BT 121–127, 139–142). If a man wanted to become a master or mate, he had to take an examination. A certificate showing the name, the date and place of birth, and the date and place the certificate was issued was given to the man after the examination. Registers were kept of these certificates. They start in 1845, but few were kept until compulsory registration in 1850. | ''Certificates of Competency and Service: Masters, Mates and Engineers'' (BT 121–127, 139–142). If a man wanted to become a master or mate, he had to take an examination. A certificate showing the name, the date and place of birth, and the date and place the certificate was issued was given to the man after the examination. Registers were kept of these certificates. They start in 1845, but few were kept until compulsory registration in 1850. | ||