Mike If your daughter is in London and you know or suspect that your mariners held certificates its worth visiting the London Metropolitan archive where they hold the original captains registers. They are available in microfiche at various libraries but they are often in very poor condition and difficult to read. The originals are magnificent and contain a wealth of detail about qualifying voyages. http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/capintro.htm I saw them at the guildhall library but they have now moved - not sure about procedures at the LMA Good luck Gavin On 08/09/2011 23:51, Paul Benyon wrote: > Mike > > I would guess that there is a good deal more information on-line these > days compared with when you were last on the list, such as Google > Books and on-line newspapers etc. > > I doubt I can help, but in case others can, would suggest that you > perhaps mention a couple of names and possible ages and if you've got > them or their families in the census etc. ? > > Research guides can be found on the Mariners List web site, the > National Maritime Museum and the National Archives : > > www.mariners-l.co.uk/ > > http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/library/research-guides/ > > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guide-listing.htm > > Paul > > On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 09:05:56 +1200, "Mike Constantine" > <mwconstantine@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi >> >> I've just rejoined this list after some years. >> >> My daughter will be in the UK shortly and is hoping to do some research on a >> Manx Master Mariner (1811-1867) and a Manx Ships Engineer (1840-1927), and >> we'd appreciate any suggestions as to the best place to do this, the >> Registers she will need to access and how much time would be needed. >> >> We have very little information on either of the people, so are looking for >> any details of their careers, voyages, qualifications etc. >> >> Any help would be much appreciated >> >> Cheers >> >> Mike Constantine >> Timaru New Zealand >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >