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I’m looking for a recommendation of a researcher who can carry out research (at Greenwich?) on the sea career of my ancestor. I don’t want to do this research myself (not least because I’m based in Ireland). He was not in the Royal Navy but there is a reference to being in reserves.
I know quite a bit about him already but not a lot on this period of his life. Approx 1868-1878, originally coming from Limerick but crewing all over the place. Involved in several shipwrecks but luckily surviving them all.
Hi Claire,
Cannot help on the researcher I’m afraid. However, the RNR was jointly managed by the Admiralty and the Board of Trade – records for both are in the NA Kew see for e.g. BT 164
For info on shipwrecks have a look at ‘Lloyds List’ – an insurance trade journal that covers shipwrecks, comings, goings, weather, etc. Many of these are available online from various sources e.g. early ones HEREand later ones HERE e.g. sample edition 1 Jan 1868
From personal experience researching NA Kew RN records (ADM files for a Napoleonic War era RN officer) it is not very difficult but takes time to understand Kew’shierarchical filing system. It also is easy to miss something and often quite costly, as some large files have to be purchased/copied just to get at a one-page entry. Try some basic searching yourself first and pass the clues to a ‘local’ familiar with BT records. Best of luck with it.
early ones are at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000549597
Cannot seem to get the embedded links working!
Later ones here https://www.uspcs.org/resource-center/research-projects/lloyds-list-newspapers-2/?uspcs-year-month=1868-01
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