Lloyd's Register of Ships 1764 - 1899

Word comes today of a FANTASTIC new resource! Lloyds Register of Ships. 

This is an online, fully searchable database. The Lloyds list tried to document ALL merchant vessels that were over 100 gross tonnes, self-propelled and sea-faring. Classification of ship didn't matter. The weight and the fact that the ship was sea-going was the criteria. 

The registers started in 1764 - almost a full decade before ships lists were required under the Passenger Vessels Acts of 1842 & 1849 

The Register tried to document all ships WORLDWIDE. The original registers are with the National Archives in London

http://www.lr.org/en/research-and-innovation/historical-information/lloyds-register-of-ships-online/

Looking for Ship Passenger Lists for Your Scots Emigrant Ancestor?

By 1870, steamships were bringing large numbers of immigrants from Scotland. Many of these steamships were, in fact, built on the Clyde. So, you won't find an actual ship passenger list BEFORE this time. You may get re-constructed lists where someone has taken the time to go through other databases and put the listing of passengers together from them.  

Traveling from Glasgow/Greenock cut the journey from the UKto America by 20 days (as opposed to travel from Liverpool), making Glasgowthe port of departure for most Scots from the 1870s forward.  

Here are some lists you might want to search:

•         http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/search-menu/travel-and-migration

•         http://search.ancestry.ca/search/category.aspx?cat=40

•         http://www.ancestorsonboard.com

•         http://www.theshipslist.com 

Arrivals through Canada:

•         http://www.pier21.ca/home

•         http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pictou/hector1.htm

•         http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/passengers-quebec-1865-1900/index-e.html 

Arrivals through the US:

•         Philadelphia Arrivals

        http://www.immigrantships.net/arrivals/philadelphia.html

•         New York Arrivals

        http://www.ellisisland.org/

•         Maryland Arrivals:

        https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Maryland_Emigration_an d_Immigration

•         Baltimore arrivals: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/65295#?availability=Family%20History%20Library

 Happy Searching!

 

Jacobite Rebellion Ships Lists

Between 1650 and 1775, thousands of Scots were banished to the Americasfor their political or religious beliefs or for crimes that they had committed. One example of this were the Jacobites who were expelled between 1715-1745. 

Hugh Tornabene, a volunteer for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild has uncovered the passenger lists for the ships that were used to transport the Jacobites. He has transcribed the lists for the 10 ships that arrived in the Americas. There are another 8 ships that went to the Caribbean (Barbados and the Leeward Islands). 

Here is the website to view the transcriptions of the 10 ships (there are 13 lists, with two of the ships having made the voyage more than once) that Hugh has transcribed: http://immigrantships.net/jacobite/indexjacobite.html

I Can't Find My Immigrant Ancestor

Finding our ancestors who left Scotland and emigrated to Canada, America, India, South Africa, New Zealand or Australia can be difficult, but it doesn't have to be. FindMyPast has a database of those leaving the UK.

 They have now extracted those records and placed them on a separate website, Ancestors On Board. Also in this database are businessmen or diplomats who may have traveled regularly between the UK and other points in the Commonwealth.

Although stand-alone, the website links you back to FindMyPast UK to view the image of the ships passenger list. This is a pay-per-view site and each image is 5 credits to view.
www.ancestorsonboard.com

Ancestors On Board - UK Passenger List Database

From FindMyPast, news of their Ships List Database Ancestors On Board, which lists all outgoing U.K. passenger lists from 1890-1960. Initial searches are free but access to the actual transcription and images are based on a pay-per-view credit system. However, the transcriptions and images are included in a full subscription to FindMyPast. 

Search fields include:

• Surname
• First name
• Port of Departure
• Year of Departure (a range)
• Name of Ship
• Destination Country
• Others also travelling

You do not need to fill all of the search fields. Often the less information, the better the results since not all fields are included in the transcription. 

Once you get to the transcription, you will see information such as date of departure, port of departure, date and port of arrival, occupation, marital status, age, approximate year of birth, name of ship, ship master, shipping line, ship's tonnage, ship's square footage and number of passengers on board.

You can also view the original document. This can then be downloaded to your computer for future reference and sourcing.

 

 Happy Searching!