Hi all,Im sorry but I cant find this information on Ancestry - I have trolled through everything I can think of to get to this site Masters & Mates. Is someone able to help me out please as to where on Ancestry I can find it.Sorry to be a nuisance. Anne > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:04:56 +0100 > From: ovington1@sky.com > To: warwick@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WAR] New database on Ancestry Masters and Mates certificates 1850 - 1927 > > Hi all > > I would not mention this here but a simple keyword search for Warwick* > finds over 500 many of which have Warwickshire as a birthplace > > Leamington, Birmingham, Coventry Rugby etc > > About Great Britain, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927 > > This database contains master and mate certificates issued to merchant > seamen by the British Board of Trade. > > What You May Find in the Records > > Great Britain has long been known for its maritime prowess in both > military and commercial spheres. The certificates and other documents > included in this database were issued to merchant seamen who qualified > as masters or mates aboard merchant ships. Records include certificates > of competency, certificates of service, examination applications, and > other documents. Forms vary, but they may include the following details: > > name > certificate number > birth date > birthplace > issue port > issue date > address > examination date > history of service (dates, vessels, occupations, years in service) > > Some of the information is included on the back of the certificates, and > some documents in a seaman’s folder have not been indexed, so when you > find a record, use the arrows to browse surrounding documents to make > sure you see all the records available. You may want to browse through > an entire roll since the original folders were sometimes filed in random > order. > > -- > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > ------------------------------- > List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Anne Hunt wrote: > Hi all,Im sorry but I cant find this information on Ancestry - I have trolled through everything I can think of to get to this site Masters & Mates. Is someone able to help me out please as to where on Ancestry I can find it.Sorry to be a nuisance. Hallo It was on their front page. You can get there now by clicking on Search then Card Catalogue then Sort By and select Date Added from the drop down menu. It's the fourth item down. They've included it in their Travel and Immigration Collection. Alternatively this link should take you to it: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2271 You can add it to your personalised front page. Connie in London

Hi Anne I know you have been told one way to find the Masters & Mates database but it seems many are unaware of the card catalogue on Ancestry and may well be missing valuable data, not everything is transcribed, there are lots of books for example that are browse only as yet Enter Ancestry, click on search in the top bar which will bring up a menu, then select Card Catalogue from the bottom of that menu To find Masters and Mates just enter those words in the top box, one hit But you might like to also try Warwick* (the wild card will pick up Warwick & Warwickshire) You will get 35 hits but that also includes some for like named places not in the UK So to further narrow it down to more relevant hits, enter England in the bottom box as well and you will then get 23 more pertinent hits The same applies to any word or subject, there is a lot more on Ancestry than people seem to think Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 29/09/2012 11:16, Anne Hunt wrote: > > Hi all,Im sorry but I cant find this information on Ancestry - I have > trolled through everything I can think of to get to this site Masters > & Mates. Is someone able to help me out please as to where on > Ancestry I can find it.Sorry to be a nuisance. Anne