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Links - Our Archive
These links relate to Our Archive and are listed under the following headings: UK Archives & Libraries, Overseas Archives & Libraries, Family History Websites and Ship History Websites. For a full set of our links click on All Links.
UK Archives & Libraries
See also Overseas Archives & Libraries
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The National Archive is the UK government's official archive containing over 11 million historical government and public records. Their vast collections include many records relating to ships, seamen and passengers which are referenced in our research guides.
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Southampton City Council Archives
Southampton City Council Archives hold a variety of material relating to shipping and merchant seamen. Most valuable is their collection of crew lists and agreements.
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Glasgow City Council Archives hold shipbuilding records for a number of Glasgow-based shipbuilders including Barclay, Curle & Co and A & J Inglis Ltd as well as some shipping companies archives and the Ralston photographic collection.
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University of Glasgow - Scottish Business Archives
The Scottish Business Archives records cover almost all types of businesses and industries in Scotland's history including shipbuilding and shipowning.
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Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Amongst its various functions the MCA holds the official records for the Registry of Shipping and Seamen.
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The Guildhall Library in London holds business records for some P&O affiliate companies, copies of Lloyd's List and a variety of family history resources.
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The London Metropolitan Archives is the largest local authority archive in the UK, covering the whole of Greater London (former counties of London and Middlesex). They hold business records for some P&O affiliate companies, copies of Lloyd's List and a variety of family history resources.
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Amid the vast collections of the British Library is the original prospectus for the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company published in 1834 (Shelfmark: 1890.b.3.(132.).
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Wessex Film and Sound Archive holds the majority of the P&O Film archive as well as a number of other useful film, sound and video material. The archive is a specialist regional repository based at Hampshire Record Office in Winchester.
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The Royal Philatelic Society London
The P&O Heritage Collection of stamp covers is on loan to the Royal Philatelic Society where it available to researchers by appointment only.
Overseas Archives & Libraries
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National Archives of Australia
National Archives of Australia hold a selection of passenger lists for various ports around Australia from 1924-1964.
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Maritime History Archive - Memorial University of Newfoundland
They hold a variety of material relating to shipping and merchant seamen. Most valuable is their collection of crew lists and agreements.
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Archives New Zealand holds the majority of public records in New Zealand concerning shipping and immigration.
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Public Record Office Victoria, Australia
The Public Record Office Victoria in Melbourne hold a shipping index for inward and outward bound vessels to and from Victoria, Australia from 1839-1923.
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Museum and archive preserving information on Australian registered ships and Australian seafarers located adjacent to the National Maritime Museum in Sydney.
Family History Websites & Online Research
See also individual Ship History Websites for online crew communitities.
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Part of the UK Archives network, Access to Archives (A2A) is an online database containing catalogues describing archives held locally in England and Wales and dating from the eighth century to the present day.
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Ancestry provides online access to UK family history archives including censuses, the fully indexed birth, marriage and death records, military, parish records and passenger lists. Inward passenger lists for 1878-1960, which draw on the Board of Trade's records of arrivals into the UK, are fully searchable and accessible online for a small fee.
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In association with The National Archives, Ancestors on Board provides online searchable database of the UK Board of Trade's outward passenger lists for ships leaving leaving from UK ports between 1890-1960.
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AUSNZ Online Guide to Passenger Lists
An online guide for family historians to find the vessels that transported passengers to Australasia.
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CLIP - Crew List Index Project
Online resource providing information on merchant seafarers on British registered ships between 1861 and 1913.
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An online search engine which draws from original sources to locate records of births, marriages and deaths both at sea and abroad. The website also contains a large quantity of other family history resources.
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Unassisted Inward Passenger Lists to Victoria
Online Index to Unassisted Inward Passenger Lists to Victoria, Australia 1852-1923.
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An online network concerned in all areas of merchant seamen records (not passengers) both at repositories and within merchant communities online.
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Maritime History Archive - Memorial University of Newfoundland
The Maritime History Archive holds a variety of material relating to shipping and merchant seamen. Most valuable is their collection of crew lists and agreements which give access to details of 80,000 seafarers on British registered ships.
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The Merchant Navy Association can provide reports on Merchant Seafarers based upon surviving records as well as ship voyages and service medals.
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An online resource that contains information about seamen serving in both World Wars including a search function to find persons lost during war time.
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This website explores, records and illustrates why people migrated to England over the last 200 years and what their experiences were and continue to be.
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National Archives of Australia
National Archives of Australia hold a selection of passenger lists for various ports around Australia from 1924-1964.
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National Library of Australia - Australia Trove
Online search engine providing results for enquiries gathered from a number of Australian Repositories.
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Online resource maintained in conjunction with the National Maritime Museum, the British Library and the Library of Congress which lists records from both World Wars, Royal Navy casualty lists and information about the Falklands War.
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Seadogs Reunited is all about the men and women who worked at sea in any capacity and providing a means of reuniting with past crew. Seafarers are listed in alphabetical order for ease in your search. The website also includes brief histories for a small number of historical ships.
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Provides information and advise for beginners seeking out family history information.
Ship History Websites & Online Resources
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An online network concerned with all things associated with British India Steam Navigation Company. Includes data on B.I. ships and access to an online group of ex B.I. employees.
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Online database of ship names, shipbuilders, specifications and brief ship histories including name changes.
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Online database of ship names which appear in written text. Full bibliographic information is provided for each entry.
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A website concerned with the history, technical information and memorabilia of SS Canberra. Also includes access to an online community of ex Canberra crew and passengers.
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Online resource providing over 2,000 passenger lists and information pertaining to ships and shipping lines with over 400 unique fleets. This site is free to access.
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Very informative site commemorating the wartime history of Strathallan and including survivors accounts of the loss of Strathallan on 21st December 1942.
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The Medway Queen Preservation Society
The official site for the Medway Queen Preservation Society. The society owns and operates the paddle steamer MEDWAY QUEEN (1924) and the website details the history of the ship and the society.
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