Edie The Pay Books and Musters, which list personnel borne on the books of the Donegal, have survived and can be found at the National Archives at Kew as follows : Ships' Pay Books ADM 35/479 Ship: Donegal 1801 Aug. 1 - 1802 Apr. 30 ADM 35/2194 Ship: Donegal 1802 May 1 - 1806 Aug. 31 Ships' Musters ADM 36/14726 Ship: DONEGAL 1801 Aug - 1802 Apr ADM 36/15680 Ship: DONEGAL 1802 May - 1803 Feb But these are usually fairly large volumes which cover relatively long periods and are made up of several submissions which each contain an index and the names of the whole ship's company of several hundred officers men, along with details of the comings and goings etc. : being bigger than the Majestic I would guess that the complement of the Donegal would be about 625 : http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/D/01427.html I see I've made a note of 594 men for the Majestic : http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/M/02850.html Regret though that the Majestic was not in commission during the year 1800, being in refit, so no Ships' Pay Books were created for this period, although they do exist for the years on either side, when the ship was in commission. I am not too familiar with RM research, however the National Archives has created a series of detailed leaflets which can be found by taking links from http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guide-listing.htm#r Living where you do, unless you can find a volunteer to do help with your research, you may need to employ a researcher who specialises in RM personnel records : http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/irlist/ Paul On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 09:33:59 +1000, "Edie McArthur" <ediemc@bigpond.com> wrote: >Hi, > Does anyone have the Royal Marine Crew list for the Majestic the year 1800 and the Donegal 1802 please. The numbers if possible too please. I have a James Bryan who only servved two years when he was invalided in 1802 as an outpatient at the Greenwich Pensioner Hospital. I have just obtained his sons Silas Brains/Bryans School admission papers and the information was on there along with James marraige and Silas birth and Baptism. Also on which Shps served. there doesn't seem to be any other record at the National Archive uk, so where else could I find more of his Royal Marine Record please. It is my son in laws family >thanks >Edie > >------------------------------- >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 50° 33' N, 2° 26' W http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html