Merchant Navy Seamen records online

Just stumbled across this. Thought it might have a Liverpool interest.

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/...men-feb12.html

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You can now search 359,000 records of Merchant Navy Seamen for the period 1835-1857 on findmypast.co.uk (They already have 1918-1941)

The information the records hold about your ancestors can vary, but they usually include name, age, place of birth, physical description, ship names and dates of voyages.

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Wow. Physical description. That would be good.