Ancestry adds Aberystwyth, Wales, Indexes to Crew Lists, 1850-1914

New on Ancestry, 101,383 index records sourced from the National Library of Wales. Find:

  • Names of crew members
  • Birth year
  • Birthplace
  • Age at end of employment
  • Address
  • Starting and ending dates of employment
  • Occupation
  • Ship names

The original crew lists, created by shipmasters, were filed with the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen at the Aberystwyth port’s Mercantile Marine Office. Data from the crew lists was transcribed by volunteers in coordination with the National Library of Wales, found here.

If you find and entry of interest you may find more about the ship in the Aberystwyth Harbour Records at the National Library of Wales,

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