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SAILORS IN GREENOCK SCOTLAND

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Pandora

Pandora Report 24 Feb 2007 02:13

I am wondering how to go about starting to look for my great grandad whose name was Dominic MacDonald and all I know is that he had died by 1911. He was definitely a merchant seaman.

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 24 Feb 2007 08:45

I would start with this website... http://www.red-duster.co.uk/chart%20room.htm

Denis

Denis Report 24 Feb 2007 09:20

Hi There are these possibilities on Scotlandspeople?: 1 1872 MCDONALD DOMINIC M 22 CALTON GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 2 1906 MCDONALD DOMINICK M 55 ANDERSTON GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 3 1875 MCDONNOCH DOMINIC M 25 GREENOCK OLD OR WEST /RENFREW You'd need to go on the site and buy some credits (minimum £6 for 30 credits) to look at these in detail. You might also want to check out census records on the same site. Denis

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 16 Jul 2007 17:45

Nudged up to go with new thread asking for Greenock area help. Did you follow up on any of the possible marriages that have been mentioned on this thread? Maureen

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Pandora

Pandora Report 16 Jul 2007 17:54

How do you nudge things? Yes I followed up on them all. The middle one seemed the most hopeful but there is nothing that jumps out at me and says 'This is the one'

Unknown

Unknown Report 16 Jul 2007 18:18

Hello Dont know if this one could be yours. Seafarer Results Seafarer's registered details [?] D MACDONALD Born 1854 in GLASGOW Seafarer record 162028 9800/Douglas/1893 [View crew list for this voyage] Vessel KING ORRY Vessel No. 45479 Capacity 2ND STEWARD aged 39 Start date 1/7/1893 Year of list 1893 Previous Ship KING ORRY in 1893 QoD=checked / CLIP DB: IOM

Pandora

Pandora Report 16 Jul 2007 18:21

That sounds very encouraging. What do I do next? Is it a subscription thing? How would I find out if he sank with his ship?

Unknown

Unknown Report 16 Jul 2007 18:26

Hello Pandora The info is from here CLIP (Crew List Index Project) is a dataset containing details of seafarers and vessels details taken from the Crew Lists and Agreements from 1863 to 1913. This data is fully searchable by seafarer or vessel, listing forename / initials, surname, place and year of birth and age, age at voyage and vessel sailed on. What I have posted is all the info there is on him there. Kindest regards Maureen

Pandora

Pandora Report 16 Jul 2007 18:29

Well thank you for that. I shall store it for the time being as I have no way of knowing but it does give me something wto work on.