Both my "targets" appear in the Masters and Mates database stating they were apprentices, confirmed by later crew lists. It would be nice to find the date of their apprenticeship and original master. I have asked Ancestry if the database is complete. Sent from my iPhone > On 10 Aug 2015, at 9:23 pm, Nivard Ovington <ovington.one@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi John > > The question being, are your targets missing from the data set now available on Ancestry > > Or were there no records at all or are in another data set > > My great grandfather disappears in 1874, no death or other record has come to light to date but I don't blame Ancestry or the GRO for him not being recorded > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > >> On 10/08/2015 12:15, John Goold wrote: >> I am very grateful to Ancestry for making these wonderful records available. I have found new apprentices for the ship I am researching, which is great. I was merely pointing out that I have at least two other apprentices who do not appear in this new database and I am curious as to why. >>