I am told that my GOUDY / GOWDY line came from Belfast, Ireland (possibly via Glasgow) on a ship called "The Highlands (or Highlander) of Scotland" in the early 1830's. I have not yet found a reference to that ship anywhere. It is believed that it was not passenger ship. Has anyone come across a reference to this ship? Also, one of the children died at sea when they were crossing. Does anyone know if there was a requirement to register deaths at sea and where I might find that? Thanks! Iris :-)

Hello Iris, On TheShipsList, we don't have too many 1830's ship arrivals (from contemporary newspapers) yet, but we do have 1834 and 1835 http://theshipslist.com/ships/vessels.html however, no ship named "Highland" anything shows in a search, for those years. 1830s is too early for registration of deaths on a "British" ship; registration began in 1854. This below, a quote from Harry Dodsworth. The Board of Trade records (PRO groups BT158, BT159, BT160) which cover births, deaths and a few marriages on British registered ships from 1854 to 1890 are available from the LDS on four films 1419469, 1419470, 1419471, 1419472. These are not well organised, or usefully indexed and an event may be recorded on any one of the four reels. However these are real registers (sometimes with gossippy comments) which make for interesting reading. Sue -- At 08:36 AM 2002-06-12 -0600, I Read wrote: >I am told that my GOUDY / GOWDY line came from Belfast, Ireland (possibly >via Glasgow) on a ship called "The Highlands (or Highlander) of Scotland" in >the early 1830's. I have not yet found a reference to that ship anywhere. >It is believed that it was not passenger ship. Has anyone come across a >reference to this ship? > >Also, one of the children died at sea when they were crossing. Does anyone >know if there was a requirement to register deaths at sea and where I might >find that? > >Thanks! > >Iris :-)