findmyp***crew lists 1863 to 1913

Post by **Tina** » 10 May 2009 09:06

Hi everyone
Here's a link to their latest addition.
This info was with the Genealog*** before. 270,000 merchant seaman.
quote these records are indexes only but will point you in the direction where the repositories are held unquote.

I hope this may help someone.

Cheers
Tina
ps it is a pay per view site.

http://www.findmypast.com/clip-crew-lis ... rly_May_09

Post by **tsumi** » 10 May 2009 10:42

Hi Tina,

Many, many thanks for the link.
I may ,just may, have found my Grt Grandfather,James W H Palmer,(born 1841,Devon,died Liverpool 1899,) on board the ship Marpessa 1897,in the crew list,s.
If it is him it has taken about six years of searching,and maybe now I can find more about his working life as an A B Seaman
Hopefully another brick wall down!

Cheers Tsumi,

Post by **Tina** » 10 May 2009 10:44

That's Great T from T...fingers crossed.
So pleased

Tina

Post by **tsumi** » 10 May 2009 10:51

Hi Tina,

I will make a few phone calls tomorrow,not sure which R/O holds the data, it says Flintshire RO and in brackets (Chester).
Some travelling to do this week!

Cheers Tsumi

Post by **MaryA** » 10 May 2009 18:42

Thanks Tina, even without a subs it's very interesting as I see the later entries have a birthdate and place, so it's good for tying up some of our ancestors who appeared to have vanished.

Please post your link on the Websites board also.

Post by **Tina** » 11 May 2009 05:45

Hi Mary
That's a Roger...

Tina xx

Post by **Katie** » 17 May 2009 23:03

tsumi wrote:Hi Tina,

Many, many thanks for the link.
I may ,just may, have found my Grt Grandfather,James W H Palmer,(born 1841,Devon,died Liverpool 1899,) on board the ship Marpessa 1897,in the crew list,s.
If it is him it has taken about six years of searching,and maybe now I can find more about his working life as an A B Seaman
Hopefully another brick wall down!

Cheers Tsumi,

Hi this crew list is called CLIP ( Crew listing index Project) groups of volunteers from various record offices around the country who hold crew lists volunteered their time and indexed the lists. A copy of the CD is available at the Liverpool Record Office. As a volunteer on this project I have a copy of this CD. The references on the page stand for eg LIV Liverpool IOM Isle of Man etc.

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Katie

Post by **Katie** » 17 May 2009 23:04

MaryA wrote:Thanks Tina, even without a subs it's very interesting as I see the later entries have a birthdate and place, so it's good for tying up some of our ancestors who appeared to have vanished.

Please post your link on the Websites board also.

Hi Mary

Kathy has joined the forum

Post by **tsumi** » 18 May 2009 08:36

Hi All,

I am afraid my joy was short lived,the J Palmer on the Find My Past list was another person .
When I contacted Flintshire RO ,a very helpful lady looked up the record and the gentleman J H Palmer was born 1862 in South Shields.
For a short time, I thought this is it.

The one I'm looking for is

James W H Palmer,born 1841,Devon,lived in Liverpool from 1882,died Liverpool 1899.
James was classed as an Able Bodied Seaman.

Many thanks

Tsumi

Post by **MaryA** » 18 May 2009 10:33

That's a shame Tsumi, I hope your man will be found.

Hi Kathy/Katie, welcome to the forum. I can see already that you'll be an asset, I hope we'll be able to help you with your research.