TEASE OUT TRAFALGAR ANCESTORS The National Archives of Britain has posted a database of all who fought for His Majesty in the Battle of Trafalgar--the 1805 victory over France and Spain that thwarted Napoleon's plans to invade Britain. The database at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors lists names of the 18,000-plus men who served in Viscount Horatio Nelson's Royal Navy fleet, and in some cases, their service histories and biographical details. (Those details are still being added.) You can search by surname, or do an advanced search by first name, age, birthplace, ship's name, rating and rank. According to the archives, Britain's Royal Navy employed about 110,000 individuals in 1805--that means if your ancestor served at the time, there's roughly a one-in-six chance he was in the Battle of Trafalgar. The information in the database comes from ships' musters, certificates of service, biographies, applications to enter Greenwich Hospital, and officers' examination passing certificates and responses to an 1817 survey. Source: F A M I L Y T R E E M A G A Z I N E E M A I L U P D A T E Essential news and tips for family historians. July 7, 2005 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- Michelle Tucker Chubenko Professional Genealogist: http://www.chubenko.us/profgen/index.htm "Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up." - James A. Garfield ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ukraine WorldGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw/index.html NJGenWeb: Monmouth County - http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmonmo2 OKGenWeb Adair Co.: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okadair/adaircty.htm AdairCoArch: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/adair/adair.html Shell'sHomePg: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mchub/shell.htm