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PRO Kew Shp's Engineer. Look up please?
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Margaret | Report | 19 Nov 2007 19:41 |
I want to obtain the qualifications of a distant uncle but first need to know his registration number whick I believe will be available at Kew. |
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Patricia | Report | 19 Nov 2007 19:48 |
Are you saying he was in the Merchant or Royal Navy? |
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DaveatHove | Report | 22 Nov 2007 17:41 |
The late 1800's is not a good period to find merchant seamen unless you have the name of any of the ships that they served on. They abandoned central records from 1857 to about 1913. |
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DaveatHove | Report | 27 Nov 2007 20:42 |
I have sent a separate message with the details I found at Kew today. Please chase me if not received. |
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