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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 669 Send Message	Seasons	Report	1 May 2004 15:55
	Is there anywhere to find details of a Master Mariner in latter half of 1800's. Believed he served out of Leith in Scotland as that's where his children were born youngest in 1873. He had died by the time she married in 1893 but can find no details on scotlandspeople.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 614 Send Message	Derek	Report	1 May 2004 16:33
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 614 Send Message	Hi Julie, ref Master Mariners, I had a quick look on Google and there appears to be a a site to look at and possibly enquire. hcmm.org.uk/mission.shtml , have a go, good hunting, Derek
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 669 Send Message	Seasons	Report	1 May 2004 17:57
	Thanks got in on www(.)hcmm(.)org(.)uk wouldn't let me in with mission on the end though. Its a site for the Merchant Navy from 1921 but I left a message through the contact me bit and hope to get a reply.