Sailor at the time of Nelson

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Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 2,779 Send Message	was plain ann now annielaurie	Report	7 Dec 2011 08:36
	You could try a search here. This site lists all those who served at Trafalgar http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors/ Also try a search of the National Archives Catalogue. Just put the surname in and use ADM as the reference to search http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16,405 Send Message	patchem	Report	7 Dec 2011 08:05
	Do google searches and see what you can find, e.g.: http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/
Member Since: November 2010 Posts: 27 Send Message	John	Report	7 Dec 2011 04:03
Member Since: November 2010 Posts: 27 Send Message	Hi to all you incredibly knowledgeable people. There has been a tradition in my father's family that one of his ancestors was a sailor at the time of Nelson, or possibly on his ship. Family legends tend to get embroidered but there may just be a grain of truth in this. Can anyone suggest how I could research on the internet the names of sailors in the British Navy at the beginning of the 19th century? Cheers John Walters