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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.
  [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

• Ramsgate Lifeboat

  Kent, England.

  • Family History Research

    Contact information for family historians requesting information on ex crew members, persons rescued or lost during rescues and other persons connected with the Ramsgate Lifeboat. Includes an index of historic crew members with selected photos and life saving medals information.