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From: "d.jonner" <>
Subject: Re: [Mar] Re: Crew Lists
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 15:14:13 -0000
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Hello List,
I have been searching for George Bingham, a seaman from
North Shields, without success.All I have been able to find is that
he died between 1871 and1881.No BDM records located.However
whilst searching LDS Deaths at Sea I came across:-

Name Date Age Cause Ship Reported
Hugh Bingham 1:7:1876 ? Drowned Egy???n 42648 22:7:1876

The ship's name is difficult to decipher but the number is clear.Could
SKS supply a name and Port of Registry so that I can eliminate this
Bingham from my searches Please?

I've followed the good advice given Re: Crew Lists but neither Dorchester
or, surprisingly, Weymouth libraries have a Lloyds Register.

One last point; he was not at home for the 1871 census --- his wife was
recorded as "Seaman's wife" and his daughter's marriage certificate has
profession "Sailor". Am I right to assume he was a merchant sailor?

I'm waiting for delivery of the LDS 1861 census film for North Shields
and praying for him to be at home that night!
I'd be delighted to receive any help or advice in finding George.
Regards - Derick.






----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Benyon" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Mar] Re: Crew Lists


> Also, if you know the Port of Registry, those living in the UK might be
> surprised to learn that County Record Offices hold quite a few Crew
> Lists for the period 1863 to 1913: see:
>
> http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk/ExternalRequest.asp?RequestReference=ri2198
>
> for details.
>
> Paul
>
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 09:47:24 EST, wrote:
>
> >Dear Friends,
>
> >For those interested in Crew Lists.
> >
> >This is a copy of a message I received from Crew List Indexing Project
CD-ROM
> > <<< Pete Owens is away in Uganda working with VSO for two years from
> >February 2002. If your message is in relation to the Crew List Indexing
> >Project CD-ROM
> >
> ><, If you are not aware of it already, the PRO book "Records of Merchant
> >shipping and seamen" is the standard book on merchant navy records
including
> >crew lists, though it's a bit shaky on the locations.
> >
> >Crew lists for Famous ships (Certainly the Cutty Sark and probably other
> >clippers) are at PRO in BT100 I think.
> >
> >For all other crew lists you need to know the ship's official number -
you
> >look this up in Lloyds Register or the Merchant Navy List - available at
big
> >ROs and libraries. Form that you can track down the whereabouts of the
list
> >using an index produced by Maritime History Archive, Newfoundland. 70%
of
> >the British Crew Lists are at MHA and all of those for Scottish
registered
> >ships (blame Scottish archivists who could have had all the lists but
were
> >remarkably shortsighted given Scotland's maritime history).
> >
> >CLIP recorded details of 250,000 seamen though not many on the large
clippers
> >and not many on Scottish vessels. The data is on CD, available from S&N
> >Genealogy at Salisbury. MHA also have a CD which includes 80,000 entries
for
> >seamen on British registered ships.>>>>>
> >
> >This is the URL for S&N Genealogy at Salisbury, England
> >http://www.genealogy.demon.co.uk/
> >Kind regards
> >Howard
> >
> >Howard Murphy
> >
> >Cellardyke Harbour
> >Fife, Scotland.
> >
> >Researching British Clipper Ships
> >
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