Births, deaths and marriages at sea

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Essential Information

Location	National Maritime Museum

08 Jun 2010

The NMM Archive and Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of copies of the Registers of births, deaths and marriages at sea, 1854-1890, from the General Register and Record Office of Shipping and Seamen [microform version].

This resource consists of microfilm copies of registers compiled from ships' official logs of births, deaths and marriages of passengers at sea. These records are also available in digital format from the National Archives (Catalogue reference BT 158) for a fee but these copies allow browsing and can be a good starting point for compiling a genealogy, adding considerable detail about the seafaring life of an individual.

Gregory (Information Assistant, Library)