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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 821 Send Message	Linda	Report	26 Aug 2007 23:59
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 821 Send Message	I've just found who I think is a rellie on the 1871 Census. He is listed on board Her Majesty Reserve. Does anyone know a free website where I can find out anymore please. Linda
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	Paul Barton, Special Agent	Report	27 Aug 2007 00:04
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=15&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 821 Send Message	Linda	Report	27 Aug 2007 00:09
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 821 Send Message	Thank you Paul Linda
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	Paul Barton, Special Agent	Report	27 Aug 2007 00:10
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	Linda, Her Majesty's Reserve was not a ship, it meant he was a Reserve Officer. See: http://www.fotw.net/flags/gb~nres.html
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 5,730 Send Message	Staffs Col	Report	27 Aug 2007 03:49
	As previously mentioned the man in question was a reserve officer - during the period you are looking at the reserve's were mainly drawn from the pool of proffesional merchant seamen and from the fishing fleet.