In message <20060217211238.16609.qmail@web26811.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>, Diane Davies <geniedift44@yahoo.co.uk> writes >Hi > > I'm also interested in this thread. > > I have a seamans ticket from 1844, would they be able to tell me what all the >letters etc., mean re the voyages marked on it. I presume you mean forr the Merchant Navy - Admiralty don't deal with that. Chris and Michael Watts have wriiten an excellent book on the subject -My Ancestor was a Merchant Seaman - which explains all the intricate meanings of what is on the ticket. SOG sell it (at Kidlington Fair, probably, tomorrow, Sat 18th, at Exeter Hall). -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society