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Ancestry.com - 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Merchant Seamen

Census images and every name-searchable index available by subscription. For the first time in 1930, the U.S. Census Bureau enumerated merchant seamen serving on US-flaged merchant vessels on a special Merchant Seamen schedule. Seamen who were to be enumerated on this special schedule were all persons aboard ship, except officers who had regular or fixed places of abode ashore. Returns includes name, age at last birthday, marital status, birth place, citizenship, literacy, occupation & more.

CANAL-PEOPLE Mailing List

For anyone with a genealogical interest in canal workers and barge owners.

CLIP - Crew List Index Project

CLIP was set up to improve access to the records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th century and has gathered the largest database of entries from crew lists for the period 1861 to 1913.

Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Commemorates the fishing heritage of the Atlantic Coast of Canada.

Fishing? - It was A WAY OF LIFE

Devoted to and dedicated to the fishermen, mariners, their families and survivors in Nova Scotia. Has memorials, lists of lost fisherman, photographs, newspaper and book extracts, and much more.

GENUKI: Boatpeople of the Wolverhampton Canal System

A list of baptism and marriages of people known to have been on the canal system in Wolverhampton.

Great Lakes Ship Masters Database

Online searchable database.

History of Lascars

History about Asain seamen working on British ships.

Lighthouse Records

Selected scanned examples of Scottish lighthouse records from the Scottish Archives Network.

Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters

Online searchable database of vessels, mariners & passengers.

Mariners Mailing List

For anyone who is researching their seafaring ancestors.

Mariners Research Links

NEW-ENGLAND-SEAFARERS Mailing List

For anyone with a genealogical interest in the New England area of the United States as it pertains to the seafaring community and their ships. Archives: browse or search.

North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum

Tofte, Minnesota.

NOVA-SCOTIA-SEAFARERS Mailing List

For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Province of Nova Scotia in Canada as it pertains to the seafaring community and their ships. Archives: browse or search.

One Site, Two Subjects...

British mercantile records of the 19th and 20th centuries. A realistic guide to what is available to those looking into merchant mariners’ careers.

Online Resources: Mystic Seaport

Mystic Seaport Collections and Research Department: Online Resources. Ship Registers, Yacht Registers, Connecticut Ship Database, Protection Certificates, Crew Lists, Immigration Vessels, E-Collections, Whalemen's Shipping List, American Whaling Voyages.

Overview of American Whaling

Pilots Returns for Aberdeen 1854-1910

A list of all licensed pilots and their assistants in the port of Aberdeen, Scotland for the years 1854 - 1910.
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Ramsgate Lifeboat

Kent, England.