Thank you so much for your help Jenny. No, I hadn't realised Lloyds Registes were available online. I live in the country so thought it would be difficult to get any information from here. It is marvellous what can be found, if one has the knowledge on where to look. Many thanks, I really appreciate your taking the time to find these items for me. Best regards, Barbara -----Original Message----- From: J. Fawcett Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 11:02 AM To: mariners@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MAR] JR Middleton To find out who owned the ship (and this was usually done in shares) you need to know the vessels REGISTRY place. For example ,if it was registered in England, then you can chase up a history of the REGISTER of the vessel there. But Lloyds Registers (online at Google books ) is a good place to start, as they commonly tell you who owned the vessel, where it was built and when, and you can track its yearly voyages and masters. Or is this something already done ? J -----Original Message----- From: Ellis Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 7:46 AM To: MARINERS@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAR] JR Middleton Have you tried the SHIPPING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES collections ? cheers Jenny Thanks, Jenny. I tried the arrivals and departures and found the reference below. Now how do I find if J R Middleton owned this ship himself? Departure Departure Month & Day Dec 23 Year 1848 Name of Ship Fazel Rohamany Type of Ship Ship Captain J.R. Middleton Title or Rank Mrs. Passenger Surname Middleton Children & family Passenger Origin Bombay Destination Calcutta Vessel Origin Bombay Destination Calcutta Source Bombay Calendar Edition 1849 ------------------------------- 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