Hi Peter, I read your letter about crew lists for fishermen sailing out of Greenwich 1833-1845 and wondered if you collected a comprehensive list or just the ones pertaining to your own family? I have had a good researcher (now retired) but am always looking for more information. Kind regards, Julie On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Peter Enlund <penlund@bigpond.com.au>wrote: > Dear Max > > What is on them all depends on the dates you are looking for. > > I have crew lists from 1833 - 1845 for fishermen sailing out of Greenwich > and there is no ticket number on those, whereas in 1848 there are. > > A word of caution though. The lists are in very large cardboard boxes, in > absolutely no order whatsoever and are exceptionally fragile papers. The > boxes do not contain every vessel for a particular year range. It is a slow > process to look through each box and examine each document and whilst you > may be lucky in having the researcher hit paydirt quickly, you could turn > up > nothing at all and find it has taken many hours to do so. I have spent many > hours trawling through boxes, spending on average an hour on each at least. > That being said, the port was London. It may be less time consuming for > smaller ports. > > Before you commit, ask what the researcher's own experience has been in > this > type of search as they should be able to give you a reasonable estimate of > what they think each could take. For me, trawling through those boxes, or > anything else at the National Archives for that matter, is such a wonderful > way to spend a holiday. > > I will send you some examples off line > > Good luck. > > Peter Enlund > Armidale NSW > Australia > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "max johnson" <maxjohn@tpg.com.au> > To: <MARINERS@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:17 PM > Subject: [MAR] CREW LISTS > > > > a question for those who know > > the national archives, agreements and crew list: 1835 - 1860. > > states it provides the following, > > first & surname,age,place of birth,quality,ship on which last served,date > > and place of joining ship,time and place of death and how disposed. > > it does not mention listing the seamans reference number, > > does crew list include the seamans reference number? > > i am trying to connect three seamen with the same name the common link > > would be their reference number. > > i am writting from australia so befor commiting to a uk based resercher,i > > would like to have an idea of my sucess chances. max > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >