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Browse the records by ship name:*[http://www.nationalarchivessearcharchives.govbl.uk/a2aprimo_library/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmar_1&cid=1-1#1-1 A-Dav]*[http:libweb/action/wwwsearch.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspxdo?catvid=059-iorlmar_2&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 Daw-Han]*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmar_3&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 Hap-Mas]*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmar_4&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 Mat-Sat]*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmar_5&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 Sc-Z plus extra ships names from 1834IAMS_VU2 The catalogue of the British Library]can be searched by ship's name to determine the material held.
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If you know the ship your research interest travelled on (for instance, from Arrival and Departure lists in [[directories]]), these journals may provide interesting information. In the daily deck log of occurrences onboard, alongside more minimal entries recording weather and landmarks, one can find details of births and deaths at sea (and baptisms and burials), offences and punishments for sailors and other interesting genealogical tidbits. A [[passenger list]] is often included for each journey.<ref>Note however, a researcher was advised by the British Library that neither the ship’s log for the Anson (1774/1776), nor the ledger contain a passenger list - although the latter contains a crew listing.</ref>
If you cannot find the ship’s name you are looking for, confirm the name from the [http://www.eicships.info/ships/shipsearch.asp Ships Search] from Andrea Cordani’s "East India Company Ships" . As an example, the ship whose name was thought to be the 'Lushington' was in fact the 'Sir Stephen Lushington', to be found in the lists above under S (not L).
