BT Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies
Division within BT Records of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and successor
Record Summary
Title
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists, Series II
Covering dates
1861-1994
Availability
Open
Note
Following a project by a team of staff at The National Archives resulting in a paper index for years 1861 to 1923, this detailed information has been incorporated into the Catalogue with the assistance of Jan and Pete Owens as part of the Crew List Index Project (CLIP) - see www.crewlist.org.uk/
Separated material
The National Maritime Museum has 10% of agreements etc, for 1861-1938 and 1951-1994. Except for those in BT 99 and BT 100, these include all documents for 1861-1862 and years ending in '5'. The remainder, up to 1976, is at the Memorial University of Newfoundland with the exception of a few (generally agreements relating to ships registered at ports within their area) for 1861-1913 which are in local record offices. See www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/searchcombinedcrews.php for details of their holdings
