Hi, I cannot find anything more than you have , although I am sure there will be more . The barque Isabella is not easy either , there are a number of ships of this name and one was on the emigrant run to Australia ......the Lloyds list also has a number of Isabellas around the time your ancestor was on his apprenticeship .. -----Original Message----- From: Jackie via Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2015 10:10 AM To: mariners@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAR] Merchant Seaman records search & decode! Hello, Can you help or suggest another avenue name variation etc to search?What i do knowEdward Byrne b 1823 Liverpoolregistered seamans ticket (BT113) his ticket no is 259 897 states he went to sea as an apprentice in 1839 not in the RN or foreign servicehis list of testimonials & statement of service states he was an apprentice on the apprentice on the barque Isabella registered at Preston for 4 years (2nd mate for the last 14months) & as chief mate for 1yr 5 months on the same vessel, i'm guessing he signed on again after his apprenticeship ended??I can not find a record of his apprentice records :-( Any thoughts or clues on where to look?Also on his seamans ticket in the column's 1846/47/48 out & home there are numbers (not dates) any idea what these may be? ie 1847 Out column has the number 633622 there are full stops underneath the last No 3 & the first No 2 there is then a large X that goes through the 1847 home & 1848 out then in the 1848 home column the number 63362! 2in the 1847 Out column under the 633622 is the number 62378 (full stops under the No's 2 & 7) the same large X between 1847 home & 1848 out, then in the home column is the number 62.7.1 i can provide a picture if this would help? Hope you can help me, ThanksJackie ------------------------------- 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus