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1851 BT98
These lists and agreements are intended to find many of those involved in merchant shipping who cannot be
located on the 1851 census because they simply were not at home to be enumerated. Some were at ports in the
British Isles many miles from home and some were not even in the country. Details given include age, place
of birth, rank and ticket number, previous and current ships with ports of registration, dates and places of
joining and leaving, reason for leaving.
1861, 1871, 1901 Abroad
A transcription of naval personnel on board Merchant and Royal Navy vessels abroad, taken
as part of the census.
Known Issues
| Year |
Piece |
Comment |
| 1851 |
All vessels |
Special census schedules for vessels were introduced in 1851, although none are known to survive
from that year.
Here at TheGenealogist we have supplemented this with the records from BT98 "Registry of Shipping
and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists".
|
| 1861 |
Abroad |
Due to the difficulties of collecting enumeration books from ships in distant ports, shipping
returns are likely to be incomplete.
|
| 1891 |
Abroad |
There are no surviving records for Royal Navy ships in foreign waters. It is not known what happened
to these records.
|
| 1901 |
Various |
No returns for ships alphabetically between HMS Amphion and HMS High Flyer. |
1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 At Home
Please Note: this recordset only contains vessels enumerated in foreign parts.
For records of personnel on board vessels around the UK, please see the standard census
returns in the county where the vessel is moored.
Connected Record Sets:
Census Master Search
Navy Lists 1889 - 1944