Hi Nivard, My husband had a boatman ancestor. He served in the coastguard service. It may be worth checking to see if this applied to your man as there was a lot of information about him to be found in the coastguard records. Maureen    From: Nivard Ovington via <mariners@rootsweb.com> To: "mariners@rootsweb.com" <MARINERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, 21 September 2015, 0:31 Subject: [MAR] Boatman ? Hi all A man married in 1800 in Liverpool, his occupation given as Boatman Would this suggest someone working as a mariner or seaman (possibly between England and Ireland) Or someone working on inland waterways, rivers etc