Hello Bev, See http://www.lascars.co.uk/ you will probably find all you wish to know there. There are variations in spelling. regards Ted On 29/09/2011 10:10, bev bonning wrote: > I've expanded my Rootsweb Lists as I need some help, or advice. > > Reading Crew Lists from the late 19th Century, I've started hitting a brick wall with a ship that has lots of Chinese and other Asian members of the crew. I'm trying to identify the occupations. > > Cassab, Tindel, Baudary or Bandary, Topas and Syrang are the ones that defeat me at the moment. > > I've tried Googling, but haven't hit on the right combination of search words to get any result. > > If anyone can define any of those words or tell me where I should look, I'd be most grateful. > > Thanks > > Bev > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >