Good morning to the list,          In the 1861 UK census, William Goodman, 25, is a private in the Royal Marines. He is stationed aboard the Edgar which is part of the Channel fleet. Where would I look in the Archives to find his service record?  Wills was the father of Julia Goodman, my great grandmother. I appreciate any help that might be offered. Thank you. Mardell

Hi Mardell Try here under R http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guide-listing.htm#r Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) Good morning to the list, In the 1861 UK census, William Goodman, 25, is a private in the Royal Marines. He is stationed aboard the Edgar which is part of the Channel fleet. Where would I look in the Archives to find his service record? Wills was the father of Julia Goodman, my great grandmother. I appreciate any help that might be offered. Thank you. Mardell

Hi Mardell I had a relative in the Royal Marine Light Infantry who was aboard HMS Dauntless at time of Crimean War in 1854-55. I found the following records at the National Archives: * His service records in ADM 157. * Ships logs in ADM 53. * Ships Musters listing all the men on board, including Royal Marines, in ADM 38. * Surgeon's Report for 1855 in ADM 101. This listed every man who had been ill or injured, as well as other interesting information including the activities of HMS Dauntless that year. A search on 'HMS Edgar' at TNA may prove worthwhile as all of these documents may provide you with information on William Goodman.   regards   Dawn ________________________________ From: TRAVIS GITCHEL <mgitchel@bellsouth.net> To: MARINERS@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 4 August, 2011 15:10:40 Subject: [MAR] Royal Marine Good morning to the list,          In the 1861 UK census, William Goodman, 25, is a private in the Royal Marines. He is stationed aboard the Edgar which is part of the Channel fleet. Where would I look in the Archives to find his service record?  Wills was the father of Julia Goodman, my great grandmother. I appreciate any help that might be offered. Thank you. 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

Mardell I would have thought that William should be listed in the Documents Online database linked to the following web page, which includes men who joined the Royal Marines between 1842 and 1925 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/royalmarines.asp but regret I can't see him : perhaps you'd like to have a look to make sure I'm not missing something. The question mark character can be used as a wildcard eg G??dman will pick up Goodman and Gladman. If not take advice already provided and perhaps contact the National Archives to see if they can throw any light on why he's not included in their database ? Paul On Thu, 4 Aug 2011 07:10:40 -0700 (PDT), TRAVIS GITCHEL <mgitchel@bellsouth.net> wrote: >Good morning to the list, >         In the 1861 UK census, William Goodman, 25, is a private in the Royal >Marines. He is stationed aboard the Edgar which is part of the Channel fleet. >Where would I look in the Archives to find his service record?  Wills was the >father of Julia Goodman, my great grandmother. I appreciate any help that might >be offered. Thank you. 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