interpretation of information on seaman's ticket

[Sarco]

The following thread

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,309983.20.html

explains how you can search for the film of your ancestor's voyages and hire from the LDS.

[crimea1854]

Caroline

Your mans RN service was prior to the introduction of Continuous Service (1853) he is therefore unlikely to have a service record. Being under 18 also means that he is unlikely to have submitted a pension application to the Admiralty, but it could still be worth a check of the National Archives main catalogue in the ADM 29 series of documents. Your only other avenue, if you know the name of a ship he served on, is to look at her Ships Description book in the ADM 38 Series.

Martin

[Roobarb]

The following thread

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,309983.20.html

explains how you can search for the film of your ancestor's voyages and hire from the LDS.

Sarco, thank you for pointing us to this thread, I'm alternating between gratitude and cursing! I'm finally beginning to make some sense of all this but it's all so complicated, I've been dipping between my ancestor's record, the thread you pointed out, the port numbers, TNA guidance, the record that the other thread question referred to etc etc! My head is battered! I felt like this last year when I was trying to understand TNA guidance before my visit there but I must say it became clearer when I actually visited, thanks largely to the staff there. 

Thanks again, I know I don't sound grateful but I am. 

[Churchie]

Poor Roobarb - you and me both!
After reading all that stuff I was tempted to go and do something less taxing... so did about 4 hours of gravestone transcriptions to wind down.
I understand the dates and port codes, but I'm still keen to get the actual vessel names. That's the trouble - give me one thing and I want more!

[Roobarb]

Me too Churchie! I forsee another visit to TNA this year - if there's a special offer on rail tickets for a tenner from 'up North'! Great place to visit by the way. 

[Sarco]

Re the LDS films, my GGGGrandfather sailed out from London (port #64) and for each year of London records there are about 20-30 films!!!!, arranged alphabetically for ships name 

I know the name of the ship on which he crewed to Australia in 1852 so I've just ordered that one.

If its any help to anyone else (long odds I know), ship rotation number 6740 ex London in 1852 was the Anglesey.

Darryl
Sydney Australia

[Roobarb]

Thanks Darryl, there was I feeling sorry for myself but at least I can visit TNA relatively easily! Good luck, I hope you find what you're looking for. 

[Sarco]

Still working on this wretched business of ships numbers etc.

Found some more info on the IGI; someone has been sorting some of the data by inventorying some of the films thusly:

https://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/printing/titledetailsprint.asp?titleno=1501411

There is even a digitised version of the first volume:

https://dcms.lds.org/view/action/ieViewer.do?from_proxy=true&dps_pid=IE58894&dps_dvs=1333316516187~148&dps_pid=IE58894&change_lng=en

Hope someone is fortunate enough to have some interest in these films.

Cheers,

Darryl

[Roobarb]

I think I understood the first one ....    The second one wouldn't open up.