Ancestry adds UK Passengers and Seamen BMDs 1891-1922

Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has added the following collection:

UK, Registers and Indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Passengers and Seamen at Sea, 1891-1922
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62598/
Source: BT 334: Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Registers and Indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Passengers and Seamen at Sea. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives.

About UK, Registers and Indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Passengers and Seamen at Sea, 1891-1922

General collection information

This collection comprises records of births, marriages, and deaths of passengers and seamen while they were at sea. The records are dated between 1891 and 1972 and include information for British citizens and foreign-born passengers aboard British ships. Some records contain information about sailors who died while ashore. Entries in the registers are handwritten in English.

Using this collection

Records in this collection may include the following information:

• Name
• Birth date and place
• Gender
• Occupation
• Marriage date, place, and age
• Marital status
• Death date, place, and age
• Spouse's name and maiden name
• Spouse's marriage age and occupation
• Parents' names, nationalities, and birthplaces
• Father's occupation
• Mother's maiden name
• Spouse's parents names
• Spouse's father's occupation
• Spouse's mother's maiden name
• Registration month and year

The records in this collection may allow you to verify that your ancestor was born, married, or died while aboard a British ship. Similar to vital records produced by churches and local governments, these records contain many family names to help you expand your family research. You may discover what your ancestors did for a living and where their family roots lay.

Further details via the link.

Chris

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