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Re: Missing person - declaring them dead?
« Reply #9 on: Friday 25 March 11 02:20 GMT (UK) »
LOL Dawn, I always think of Tom Price WA (esp as I am in WA) when I write his name, but alas it is not him.   :D  The town was named after Thomas Moore Price apparently according to google.

His parents were William Price (deceased) & Emma (nee Worthington).

JM, yes I have tried under other names, but the problem is, how to do I know which could be him?  There are many Tom, Bill, William, Thomas Price/Pryce etc, but how to know which is him?  I thought maybe the "declaring him dead" thing may have clues.  It may at least give the name of the ship he was last known on, then I could go from there.  They weren't a particularly "marine" type family, in fact for generations they had been coal miners, so i would be surprised if he left all that behind.  But then again, I am surprised he disappeared too!   :-\

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« Reply #10 on: Friday 25 March 11 04:19 GMT (UK) »
Maybe you could send an email to the National Maritime Museum and ask them for help.
They might be able to find the ship he was on.

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Re: Missing person - declaring them dead?
« Reply #11 on: Friday 25 March 11 06:59 GMT (UK) »
Hi


The National Maritime guide 'Tracing family history from maritime records'


'The National Maritime Museum does not hold passenger lists.'


'The Board of Trade Passenger Lists, Outward, 1890–1960
These record the names of passengers on all ships leaving the United Kingdom for places outside Europe but not within the Mediterranean Sea. The Board of Trade Passenger Lists, Outwards, have been digitised and are available at Find my Past.

Numerous arrival and departure records survive for ports in other countries especially the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The national, state and provincial archives of the sites are a good starting point in locating these records.'



http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/library/research-guides/general-introduction/research-guide-a3-tracing-family-history-from-maritime-records



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