John Try The shipping List or I think the P.R.O. Site may have lists of Deaths at Sea there is a list somewhere I have seen referred to frequently one of the Merchant Shipping made Registration Mandatory. Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: John McKay <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 4:29 AM Subject: [SUT] Merchant seaman deaths > A bit off tipic but having a bit of trouble finding an ancestor who died at > sea by reports. > > Wondering if anyone can tell me where his death might have been registered > (Scotland or England?) and how I might "find him". Especially if some kind > soul in that part of the world would look for him. His name was John > Thomason Mackay son of Wm James Mackay of Shetland. JT had been born Aug > 1870 and suggestions are that he died aged about 19 but could be as early as > 1885 or late as 1890s. > > Hoping for a fellow listers support with this and am happy to do reciprocal > research here and bear reasonable costs > > Regards, > > John McKay JP > Victoria, Australia > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > To check out previous messages > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >