Hi Listers, This is a correction. I forgot to put the names of my ancestors in the subject heading. > Has anyone used the CLIP(Crew List Index Project)database? The authors > describe > it as a "fully searchable database with more than 270,000 records. The > data has > been sorted into the records matching particular vessels". Also, has anyone > used the Navy List 1866 CD? Both are available from the website below: > http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/nameindex/productinfo.php?id=25 > > I am still searching for two seamen in my family: > William Lemmon (Lemon), born about 1834, with a father Thomas Lemon. He > married > in 1859 and was given as a seaman in the merchant service on the birth > certificate of his son, born in 1865. His wife is a widow as of the 1871 > census. > > John Little, born abt 1835 in Bristol, Somerset, England, living as > of 1861 in > Canton River China, Vessels, Royal Navy, England (the Weazel). He is a petty > officer in the Royal Navy as of 1868. He died about 1879. > > At some point, I would love to go to the National Archives and track > these two > down, but in the meantime, am wondering about the above two resources. > > Thanks for any help! > > Lynne in grey and snowy Halifax. > > > > Quoting Margaret <[email protected]>: > >> Hi Jan, this site may help a little >> Regards from Margaret >> http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk:80/server/show/nav.3761 >> >>