Thanks for this.....I guess what Steve and I do is start at the top and work our way thru.......let's go Steve..... Goldie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron and Laura Bozzay" <rbozzay@earthlink.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Lost Sailors > Here are some links pertinent to maritime law. Having said that, not > everyone complies with laws as they are written and they vary from > location to location. > Also it appears the laws vary if you are a seaman(woman) in the military > vs commerical ventures vs. pleasure crafts. Some links are US specific. > Others are not. I have tried to but UK and Australia links toward top > since they started the query... > > http://www.theshipslist.com/Forms/BMD.htm > > http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/UKDeathsAtSea.html > > http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/library/research-guides/general-introduction/research-guide-a3-tracing-family-history-from-maritime-records > > http://www.aamh.asn.au/news/0081.pdf > > http://www.freewebs.com/maritime-history-2nd-edidtion/chaptereleven.htm > > http://www.usmm.org/contact.html > > http://www.admiraltylawguide.com/codes.html#US > > http://www.mlaus.org/article.ihtml?id=460&folder=90 > > http://www.sbic.com/pdfs/marcomcat/uslh_primer.pdf > > good luck! > > Laura > > > -----Original Message----- >>From: goldie and Lido Doratti <lidogold2@shaw.ca> >>Sent: Jan 6, 2010 2:30 PM >>To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [ABERDEEN] Lost Sailors >> >>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 >

Hi Goldie, Seems a somewhat daunting task but - I agree - let's give it a go. I'll look out for John Walker too. Interesting that we are both looking at around 1860. Thanks to Laura for the (hopefully) useful URLs. Steve