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The records give detailed information compiled from ships' logs by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and its predecessor. The registers cover 1854 to 1908 and include over 150,000 individuals. It is free to search on the website but there is a charge for downloading images of original records.
The online pay website [[Findmypast|findmypast]] contains three datasets
*Births At Sea, 1854-1960 which includes records from BT 158, BT 334
*Marriages At Sea, 1854-1972 which includes records from BT 158, BT 334
*Deaths At Sea, 1781-1968, which includes records from BT 153, BT 156, BT 157, BT 158, BT 334, CO 386
It appears from the description available on these two website, that although there is some overlap of records, each website has some records not available on the other.
The records continue to be also available on microfilm at [[The National Archives]]
The Marine Registers held at the GRO do not contain entries relating to marriages at sea.
There are some records relating to events at sea in the RG series of overseas records, see [[General Register Office]]. These records are available online on pay websites.
*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.
