Nancy you will have to email me direct, both emails have bounced. Goldie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Visima" <nvisima@rogers.com> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Lost Sailors > Goldie, is there any mention of James or William BURNETT in the story > of the Alert? These two brothers both died aboard the Alert, William > on 27 Jul 1860 and James on 11 Sep 1866. > > Nancy > > On 6-Jan-10, at 3:30 PM, goldie and Lido Doratti wrote: > >> What happened to the fellows who were lost at sea? I heard a story >> that the Master's or Captains of the ships, (whichever terminolgy is >> correct) were required to record the deaths. But what happened when >> the ship was lost as the Resolute was? I have the story of it being >> found and towed to the east coast of the US, then returned to Queen >> Victoria.......but what of her crew? Is there any way to find any >> of this information? >> I also have the story of the Alert out of Peterhead as well, and it >> gives the names of 8 who died but how do we know who these folks are >> for sure? Is the John Walker who died on 11 Nov 1860 where the >> Alert wintered, the son of John Walker, Mason, in Peterhead? >> Anyone with any ideas? Thanks, Goldie >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >