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GREAT BRITAIN - CIVIL REGISTRATION - INDEXES  
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=== How to Find Records in the Family History Library  ===
== How to Find Records in the Family History Library  ==


The Family History Library has copies of the captains’ registers, Trinity House petitions, and all Board of Trade records discussed here except the Certificates of Competency and Service. The Board of Trade records are now housed in the The National Archives. Lloyd’s Marine Collection is in the Guildhall Library. The merchant marine records in the Family History Library are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under one of the following:  
The Family History Library has copies of the captains’ registers, Trinity House petitions, and all Board of Trade records discussed here except the Certificates of Competency and Service. The Board of Trade records are now housed in the The National Archives. Lloyd’s Marine Collection is in the Guildhall Library. The merchant marine records in the Family History Library are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under one of the following:  
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*[[Deptford St Nicholas, Kent]]
*[[Deptford St Nicholas, Kent]]


 
== Shipwrecks  ==
Articles about Shipwrecks:
* [[MEDIA:The_Newcastle_Weekly_Courant-shipwrecd.pdf|Ulysse]] - 1887, transcript of article in ''The Newcastle Weekly Courant'' (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England); Friday, February 4, 1887: Issue 11064
*[http://scottishgenealogytipsntricks.blogspot.ca/2012/10/the-empress-of-ireland.html Empress of Ireland] - May 29, 1914, [http://www.sea-viewdiving.com/shipwreck_info/empress_home/passengerindex.htm A list of the persons involved in the shipwreck].
== References  ==
== References  ==