mariner's

[Joy123]

clutching at straws here, is there anything searchable online for mariner's information in the 1850's?

Joyce

[Caroline]

You might find something useful in our Reference Library in the Military and Maritime Section.

[Joy123]

thank you Caroline i will take a look

[naomiatt]

Hi - are you looking for someone who was in England or elsewhere?
There are a few sites around that may give you some ideas if you don't find info in the Military and Maritime Section ..[url]http://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/yms/yms.php.. http://www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm is good for Australia as well

[Astro Lady]

Hi Joyce

I can look in the Trinity House Petitions index if they were in the UK.
Do you have any names ?

[Lindsay]

I seem to remember someone finding some merchant navy records on Googlebooks but I'm afraid I can't find the link any more.

[Cloggie]

Is this the thread you mean Lindsay?

http://www.familytreeforum.com/showthread.php/70919-Might-be-of-use-Master-mariners-1860?highlight=mariner

[Lindsay]

That's the one, Sarah!

[Joy123]

Hi Astro Lady and thank you for offering to look in the Trinity House Petitions index, I am looking for John Mckay/Mackay born 1825-1830 Scotland,

he was in Liverpool in the 1860's and was a mariner, I am hoping to find were in Scotland he was born

[Uncle John]

Joy, do you know if he was ever a captain? Lloyds of London captains registers are online - there should be a link in the WIKI.

[Joy123]

no John, he was just a mariner.

[Joy123]

this is a great site for Irish mariners

http://www.irishmariners.ie/searchdatabase.php

[Astro Lady]

Hi Astro Lady and thank you for offering to look in the Trinity House Petitions index, I am looking for John Mckay/Mackay born 1825-1830 Scotland,

he was in Liverpool in the 1860's and was a mariner, I am hoping to find were in Scotland he was born

Joy,sorry i never saw your post earlier. There are a couple references to McKay/Mackay but far too old to be YOUR John as they were aged over 70 in 1840. I looked for variations on the surname but there was nothing close.

[Uncle John]

There was a lot of movement of seafarers between ports. My ancestor wot commanded my avatar was Scottish but set up house in Liverpool while he was employed by the Black Ball Line. And OH has seafaring ancestors who moved between Sunderland and Liverpool.

[Joy123]

thank you for looking Astro Lady, it was nice of you. I have never moved in 10 years with my Mckay family, maybe I should just give up on them..

Joyce

[garstonite]

Joyce.....cheer up...there`s always new avenues to venture down...try this....hopefully someone may be able to advise you...go to www.yoliverpool.com and register free....when you are a member and can post your thread go to this thread and post or ...start a new thread....good luck.....here is a thread on Sailors from Liverpool

http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?129-Liverpool-Sailors

allan

[Joy123]

thanks Alan... you have no idea how elusive this family are..

Joyce

[naomiatt]

Hi - have you looked through http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/