Hi Adi Thank you, that logic (usually my forte) had escaped me on this occasion I will continue to delve into BT162 and see what I come up with Having done that where might I find crew lists? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 30/09/2015 23:52, Mme_N_Carmichael wrote: > Yes, Nivard, but ..... finding the Port(s) of Registry for MENTOR (1788) > and PALLAS (1789) is a step towards possibly finding crew lists > containing George Webster which may or may not confirm that he is "your" > George Webster. There were far fewer vessels afloat at that date and > both of those are fairly uncommon names so there shouldn't be too many > duplicates. Now, MARTHA, (1784-5) may be a more common name but knowing > where she's from may lead you to still more information e.g. in > histories of those ports, and, unless she was wrecked in 1785, she > should appear somewhere in the 1786 lists. With so little to go on, no > point in leaving any stone unturned. > > Regards, > Adi

The Crew Lists I have seen are at the National Archives, arranged in year groups (say 1835-39) and then alphabetically. You get a large box of documents to search through, not all the lists for a particular ship are together but scattered through the box. The lists start in 1835 but I don't know how far they extend. There are much earlier ones for 18th century for Tyneside also at TNA. I recommend reading the book by Chris Watts (and his brother) on My Ancestor was a Merchant Seaman; excellent on sources and advice. Clare Pilkington On Oct 1 2015, Nivard Ovington via wrote: Hi Adi Thank you, that logic (usually my forte) had escaped me on this occasion I will continue to delve into BT162 and see what I come up with Having done that where might I find crew lists? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 30/09/2015 23:52, Mme_N_Carmichael wrote: > Yes, Nivard, but ..... finding the Port(s) of Registry for MENTOR (1788) > and PALLAS (1789) is a step towards possibly finding crew lists > containing George Webster which may or may not confirm that he is "your" > George Webster. There were far fewer vessels afloat at that date and > both of those are fairly uncommon names so there shouldn't be too many > duplicates. Now, MARTHA, (1784-5) may be a more common name but knowing > where she's from may lead you to still more information e.g. in > histories of those ports, and, unless she was wrecked in 1785, she > should appear somewhere in the 1786 lists. With so little to go on, no > point in leaving any stone unturned. > > Regards, > Adi ------------------------------- 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

Hi Clare Thanks for that, sadly they are to late for my man who died in 1795 I have been looking into BT98 but again they are not digitised so require a visit to Kew If I can get enough information together I may try a visit at some point, as my daughter lives fairly close Thanks again for your input Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 01/10/2015 17:13, clare@ladysteps.co.uk wrote: > The Crew Lists I have seen are at the National Archives, arranged in > year groups (say 1835-39) and then alphabetically. You get a large box > of documents to search through, not all the lists for a particular ship > are together but scattered through the box. The lists start in 1835 but > I don't know how far they extend. > > There are much earlier ones for 18th century for Tyneside also at TNA. > I recommend reading the book by Chris Watts (and his brother) on My > Ancestor was a Merchant Seaman; excellent on sources and advice. > > Clare Pilkington