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Offline Cherrian

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Re: Where to search for Master Mariner's records
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 09 November 08 09:14 GMT (UK) »
Hi

As no one has picked up on this yet, and as I am currently finding out about my own master mariner, I can confirm that the S numbers are the master's certificate numbers.
I think the Lloyds Registers contain details of the boats of which someone was a master over that period rather than details of actual voyages.  Voyages can be found in Crew List Agreements (helpfully scattered across three or four repositories!).
When going to Kew, it's a good idea to search and reserve what you want to see ahead of time, and then the documents will be waiting for you when you get there.  You also get allocated a seat as well if you do it this way.

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Re: Where to search for Master Mariner's records
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 09 November 08 09:54 GMT (UK) »
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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Re: Where to search for Master Mariner's records
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 09 November 08 14:02 GMT (UK) »
Hi Cherrian,
Thanks for the info on the S numbers etc. I am hopeing to be able to make a visit to the national Archives next spring to hopefully get copies of masters certificates.
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Keith

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Re: Where to search for Master Mariner's records
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 27 November 08 22:49 GMT (UK) »
Hello, Before 1845 there wasn't a registration system for masters & mates, according to the N/A Kew leaflet that I got the last time I looked in those records. they are easy to look through, and are well written(at least the ones I looked at were). They are under the BT/      section. I suggested to someone else on this forum, that googling 'merchant navy' brings up a lot of forums which are directly related to the MN, and I'm sure must be useful for researchers.           Regards...........Alex
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