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Usually there are separate records for Commissariat officers, staff officers, medical officers (surgeons), chaplains, and others. Board of Ordnance officers (artillery, engineers, sappers, miners, artificers, and others) are not always included in the Army List and have their own records until 1855. | Usually there are separate records for Commissariat officers, staff officers, medical officers (surgeons), chaplains, and others. Board of Ordnance officers (artillery, engineers, sappers, miners, artificers, and others) are not always included in the Army List and have their own records until 1855. | ||
'''Royal Navy personnel'''. If your ancestor was in the navy after 1852, search the index to Continuous Service Engagement Books, or the Surname Index to the 1861 Census Returns of Ships. (See the "[[ | '''Royal Navy personnel'''. If your ancestor was in the navy after 1852, search the index to Continuous Service Engagement Books, or the Surname Index to the 1861 Census Returns of Ships. (See the "[[British Merchant Marine|Merchant Marine]]" article.) Before 1853 the source to use depends on what you know about your ancestor. If you know: | ||
*The name of a ship on which he served, search the ship musters, pay lists, and ship logs for the time period he should have been aboard. | *The name of a ship on which he served, search the ship musters, pay lists, and ship logs for the time period he should have been aboard. | ||
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*The name of an officer serving with your ancestor, search the Navy List for that officer’s ship. | *The name of an officer serving with your ancestor, search the Navy List for that officer’s ship. | ||
Since many seamen also served in the Merchant Marines during their careers, search the records described in [[ | Since many seamen also served in the Merchant Marines during their careers, search the records described in [[British Merchant Marine]] | ||
Many officers are included in published biographies, such as: | Many officers are included in published biographies, such as: | ||
''Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy, 1660–1815.'' Three Volumes. N.p., n.d. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+M23cs 942 M23cs], films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=908026 909026]–027.) | ''Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy, 1660–1815.'' Three Volumes. N.p., n.d. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+M23cs 942 M23cs], films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=908026 909026]–027.) | ||
=== Bibliography for Military Records === | === Bibliography for Military Records === | ||