29,535
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
*The GRO marine births and deaths indexes can be consulted without charge at [http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/search_browseoverseas.php familyrelatives.com] - assuming one is able to download the relevant viewer.
*The indexes have also been microfilmed by the [[LDS]]. Details of deaths are available on fiches [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=726184&disp=Index+to+marine+death+returns+%28deaths+++ 6137189 -6137266] and births on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=731089&disp=Index+to+marine+births+%28births+at+sea++ 6137268 -6137322]
==London Metropolitan Archives==
Another source for records at sea, but not part of the National Archives, is the London Metropolitan Archives which contains some overseas records, including records at sea, previously held at the Guildhall Library. These records are explained in the FamilySearch Wiki article, "British Births, Marriages and Deaths Overseas", refer [[General Register Office# External links| External links below]].
Some of these records are available on [[LDS]] microfilm <ref>LDS Microfilm catalogue entry [https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=268289&disp=Original+certificates+of+baptisms+and+ma%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Original certificates of baptisms and marriages of British subjects abroad, solemnized or registered at diplomatic representations]</ref>
Note, some records from the London Metropolitan Archives are available on the pay website Ancestry, but not currently (March 2014) the overseas records which include some records at sea. It is not known whether these overseas records will be digitized in the future. Also it is not known whether any of these LDS microfilms have been transcribed.
==External Links==
*[http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast]
*[http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/British_Births,_Marriages_and_Deaths_Overseas British Births, Marriages and Deaths Overseas] Family Search Wiki. There are some references to events at sea
*[http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/overseas.htm Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section Leaflet Guides to Records: Births, Marriages And Deaths Overseas] These records have since been transferred to the London Metropolitan Archives.
===Podcasts===
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/bmd-at-sea.htm National Archives Podcast – Tracing Births and Deaths at Sea]
===See also===
*[[Ships' Journals]]
== References ==
<references />
{{#widget:Google PlusOne
|size=small
|count=true
}}
[[Category:Records]]
[[Category:Naval and Maritime]]
