Mardell Am not sure what is happening here, but this may be your William, found by searching the main National Archives catalogue : could he be yours ? see : http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp Item reference ADM 157/177/235 . Folios 235-239. William Goodman, born Devon. Attestation papers to serve in the Royal Marines at Plymouth 1848 (when aged 20). Discharged 1863 as Limited Service. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=-5517827&CATLN=7&Highlight=%2CGOODMAN&accessmethod=0 I would have thought that you might be able to order these papers, but have no idea of charges these days. Ignoring the Ships' Logs, ADM 53, I would have thought that he should be mentioned in the following : ADM 115/317 Ship Record and Establishment Books for the EDGAR Covering dates 1859 May 24-1862 July 10 or ADM 115/318 EDGAR 1859 May 24-1862 July 10 and ADM 115/319 EDGAR 1859 May 24-1862 July 10 or the Ships' Musters ADM 38/6086 Edgar. V. 1859 May 30-1860 March. ADM 38/6087 Edgar. V. 1860 April-Dec. ADM 38/6088 Edgar. V. 1861 Jan.-Sept. ADM 38/6089 Edgar. V. 1861 Oct.-1862 July. ADM 38/6090 Edgar. V. 1862 July 11-1863 March. ADM 38/6091 Edgar. V. 1863 April-Dec. But these are usually large volumes and you would either need a researcher or helpful list member to search these. Details of researchers can be found at : http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/irlist/ But living in London and the surrounding area is expensive, so no doubt charges will be made accordingly and it would probably pay you to look carefully at the various areas of research and ask those you select for quotes ! And of course read what the National Archives have to say on the web page ! Paul On Mon, 8 Aug 2011 05:04:46 -0700 (PDT), TRAVIS GITCHEL <mgitchel@bellsouth.net> wrote: >Goodmorning, >        With so much help, I am making some progress. The Ships Book ADM 135/148 >is the Edgar's recordbook, only availible at the Archives. Does anyone know of a >person or persons who do research at the Archives? I did find a list of names of >people who do genealogy reseach bur none who specialize in naval genealogy. Also >we have people who do "Random Acts of Kindness, RAK charging only for expenses. >Is there such a group in the UK? > >        I know about Wills and his siblings in the Bath Workhouse, the death of >his mother after childbirth and poor baby Emma who only lived a very short time. > >        Little by little, I am closing in on him.               Mardell > >------------------------------- >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