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Tracing Your Merchant Navy Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
Simon Wills
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Description for Tracing Your Merchant Navy Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
Paperback. Find your ancestors who worked on passenger or cargo ships using websites, archives, and records * Concise account of the history of Britain's merchant navy * Describes the lives of merchant seamen across the generations and helps you investigate the ships they served on Num Pages: 192 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JWF; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 424.
What was a merchant seaman's life like in the past, what experiences would he have had, what were the ships like that he sailed in, and what risks did he run? Was he shipwrecked, rewarded for bravery, or punished? And how can you find out about an ancestor who was a member of the long British maritime tradition? Simon Wills's concise and informative historical guide takes the reader and researcher through the fascinating story of Britain's merchant service, and he shows you how to trace individual men and women and gain an insight into their lives. In a series of ... Read more
What was a merchant seaman's life like in the past, what experiences would he have had, what were the ships like that he sailed in, and what risks did he run? Was he shipwrecked, rewarded for bravery, or punished? And how can you find out about an ancestor who was a member of the long British maritime tradition? Simon Wills's concise and informative historical guide takes the reader and researcher through the fascinating story of Britain's merchant service, and he shows you how to trace individual men and women and gain an insight into their lives. In a series of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848846517
SKU
V9781848846517
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About Simon Wills
Dr Simon Wills is a maritime genealogist and journalist and a regular contributor to Family Tree, Your Family History, Family History Monthly and others. He writes mainly about history and maritime genealogy, and he has been researching maritime ancestors for over twenty years. He also works as an information specialist, writer and advisor to the National Health Service and other ... Read more
Reviews for Tracing Your Merchant Navy Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
Whether you are researching a seaman or a ship, Tracing your Merchant Navy Ancestors is a book that will hold your interest from cover to cover, with a wealth of information contained in a well structured chapters, making it easy to dip into. This is an easy to read informative book that will be an essential reference guide for ... Read more