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    Tracing Your Merchant Navy Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
    Tracing Your Merchant Navy Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
    Tracing Your Merchant Navy Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
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    Tracing Your Merchant Navy Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians

    By Simon Wills

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    What was a merchant seamans life like in the past, what experiences would he have had, what were the ships like that he sailed in, and what risks did he run? Was he shipwrecked, rewarded for bravery, or punished? And how can you find out about an ancestor who was a member of the long British maritime tradition? Simon Wills concise and informative historical guide takes the reader and researcher through the fascinating story of Britains merchant service, and he shows you how to trace individual men and women and gain an insight into their lives. In a series of short, information-packed chapters, he explains the expansion of Britains global maritime trade and the fleets of merchant ships that sustained it in peace and war. He describes the lives, duties and tribulations of the generations of crews who sailed in these ships, whether as ordinary seamen or as officers, stewards, engineers and a myriad of other roles. In addition, he identifies the websites you can explore, the archives, records and books you can read, and the places you can visit in order to gain an understanding of what your seagoing ancestor did and the world he knew. Simon Wills practical handbook will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is keen to discover for themselves the secrets of our maritime past and of the crewmembers and ships that were part of it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJan 19, 2014
    ISBN9781783461608
    Tracing Your Merchant Navy Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
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    Simon Wills

    Simon Wills is a history journalist and genealogist who writes regularly for magazines such as Family Tree and Discover your Ancestors. He advises and has appeared in the TV program Who Do You Think You Are? and contributes to the magazine of the same name. Simon gives history presentations and interviews at national and local events all around the UK for organizations such as The National Archives, Chalke Valley History Festival, National Trust, and the BBC. He is also a dedicated wildlife and nature photographer, and all the photographs in this book were taken by him.

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