Subscribe > Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:18:26 +0000 > From: marinerslistadmin@virginmedia.com > To: irene.read4@btopenworld.com; mariners@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MAR] ADMIN MESSAGE - SEARCHEABLE ARCHIVES (WAS Re: Fw: Vol 6 Issue 143. Item 1.) > > Graham, > > Yes, the mail archives are searcheable. Go to: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Occupations/MARINERS.html > and you will see the link at the foot of that page. > > Note: this URL has recently changed with CAPITAL LETTERS replacing small > ones, for any Lister who has this page bookmarked. > > In your case a search for "shells of the ocean" shows that the only > postings have been two from yourself last year. > > As you suggest, you will see I am posting this to the mailing list for > general information. > > Ron Mapplebeck > Joint Administrator > **** > On 29/01/2012 00:18, Irene Read wrote: > > Hi Mick, > > I have spent a couple of interesting, but futile, hours getting to grips > > with the Mariners Archive L site . > > I get Emails from MAR which file under date. The Archive seems to file > > under threads, but has no search function. Occasional Volume and Issue > > numbers occur, but not in any systematic manner. > > Jack Henderson gave me the reference below, and we were corresponding > > about the loss of a Lowestoft fishing smack, the Shells of the Ocean, > > lost with all hands in 1881. [ 70 foot long, one mast, crew of 5; they > > were men in those days]. > > Anyway, how do I relate dates on the [MAR] Emails to the volume and > > Issue numbers, and can you search the Archive? > > > > Any hints greatfully received. If I am not being completely stupid, it > > might be worth putting the explanation onto MAR. > > > > Graham (husband of Irene; its her Email log-in) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Henderson" > > <evamary@blueyonder.co.uk> > > To: "Irene Read" <irene.read4@btopenworld.com> > > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 8:42 AM > > Subject: Re: Vol 6 Issue 143. Item 1. > > > > > >> Hi Graham, an interesting item from Mick of Irish Shipwrecks. If you > >> follow it, you will obtain a bit more info on "Shells of the Ocean" > >> (Lowestoft) Owners name & address etc but nothing regarding demise of > >> crew that I can see. > >> Leads to several links though. > >> Just another step in the right direction for you. > >> Jack Henderson. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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