Hello Lynne. Thanks for that. I have sent the certificate off to three people and the general consensus is that he was a sailor. That was what I was also reading but couldn't get my head around the fact, as all of my other rellies where either aglabs or worked in the cotton industry. I'll now have to try to find what kind he was. Regards. Perle.

In message <[email protected]>, Perle <[email protected]> writes >Thanks for that. I have sent the certificate off to three people and the >general consensus is that he was a sailor. That was what I was also reading >but couldn't get my head around the fact, as all of my other rellies where >either aglabs or worked in the cotton industry. I was once helping a friend whose family had a legend that a particular ancestor had been a sailor. When we finally tracked him down, it turned out he was a tailor. Tailoring might be said to be more closely related to the cotton industry ... -- David Hartley

Doesnt sailor usually mean navy? As opposed to mariner, which is merchant navy. In which case this link might help. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/seamenswills.asp Judy On 10 Jan 2008, at 20:58, Perle wrote: > Hello Lynne. > > Thanks for that. I have sent the certificate off to three people > and the > general consensus is that he was a sailor. That was what I was > also reading > but couldn't get my head around the fact, as all of my other > rellies where > either aglabs or worked in the cotton industry. > > I'll now have to try to find what kind he was. > > Regards. > > Perle. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LAN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message