May 1st, 2012 
Linda Elliott Came across this on my travels around the internet CLIP which stands for Crew List Index Project concerns itself with merchant seafarers on British registered ships for the years 1861 to 1913.
This site provides guidance and finding aids to help you carry out your own research. The index itself is on FindMyPast, but this site might be a good place to start as it explains what crew list are and what you might find on them. Where the originals are held and finding aids are also included.
April 6th, 2012 Linda Elliott Just got a press release from FindMyPast. They now have online White Star Line Officers books which were apparently going to be destroyed. Plus they have added to their collection 1,000,000+ maritime birth, marriage & death records which up till now could only be viewed at The National Archives, Kew.
Here is part of the press release ……..
Maritime births, marriages and deaths
Our new online collection is published in association with The National Archives and brings together 30 different record types from 10 different record series held at The National Archives. The Maritime death records include a list of the Titanic crew members and passengers who died at sea.
Types of records, number and date range:
Births – 38,990 records covering the years 1867-1960
Marriages – 37,538 records covering the years 1854-1972
Deaths – 949,890 records covering the years 1794-1964
White Star Line Officers’ books
View full colour scans of the original service records of White Star Line officers and commanders, including all the officers on board the Titanic.
The collection comprises 1,042 records covering the years 1868 – 1934. Ron Warwick, a now-retired former employee (and former ship’s captain) of White Star Line, rescued the books when they were being thrown out by the company.
The information for each officer includes date and place of birth, address, details of his apprenticeship, the names and dates of the ships served upon and the date he left the company.
The White Star Line Officers’ books include an original colour scan of the Titanic’s Captain Edward Smith’s employment record, listing all the ships he served on and when. You can also see the note in red ink which tells us he was ‘Lost in "Titanic" Apl 15th, 1912′.
Search other Titanic records at findmypast.co.uk
As well as these two new collections, you can also search for your Titanic ancestors in our passenger lists leaving the UK 1890-1960 and our Merchant Navy seamen records, both published in association with The National Archives. You won’t find a more comprehensive set of Titanic records anywhere else.
March 30th, 2012 Linda Elliott 
My father was in the Royal Artillery during WW2, that was until he got transferred to the East African Army and sent to Nairobi to learn Swahili. An interesting move on the British Army’s part as he was a bricklayer who hadn’t travel outside of Hampshire until he got his call up papers !! Anyway I digress…..
Find My Past has the nominal rolls of more than 16,500 military medals, which were awarded to members of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from WWI to the Falklands War.
These records could provide you with fascinating information about your ancestors’ military service, including the unit they served in, the type of service and details of the award itself.
They also have available for searching 21,400 Royal Artillery honours and awards for the period 1939-1946. The awards were given to officers and men of the Royal Regiment of Artillery for their gallantry and dedication during WWII. These records are a nominal roll of those awards.
So if you think your ancestor was in the Royal Artillery this could be a treasure trove of information.
Posted in Army Records, Find My Past, What Did They Do? 
Tags: Army, Family History, Findmypast, Genealogy, Medals, Royal Artillery 
No Comments » February 3rd, 2012 Linda Elliott 
Find My Past has just published 99,000+ occupational records of Thames Lightermen & Watermen. The collection dates from 1688 to 2010 and is as follows…..
My friend Sue will be so pleased to see this collection as will all those with ancestors who worked the Rover Thames.
Posted in Find My Past, Occupational Records, What Did They Do? Tags: Family History, Findmypast, Genealogy, Lightermen, River Thames, Watermen No Comments » January 11th, 2012 Linda Elliott 
I’ve just had an email from Sue Light who is the person behind Military Nurses Records now available on Find My Past. She said she hadn’t been called a genealogical hero before, but I think anyone who offers their many hours of hard work to the public is a hero!
What I didn’t know was that Sue is also the author of a website called http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/. Having had a look at this well designed website I feel quite cheated that I don’t seem to have any military nurses on my family tree. There is so much to read on this site, Ware Diaries, Medals, Hospitals, different nursing services, book list and also a page about researching a nurse.
I think I will have to borrow some one else nursing ancestor and graft them onto my tree !
Posted in Army Records, Find My Past, What Did They Do? Tags: Family History, Findmypast, Genealogy, Military Nurses, Scarlet Finders, Sue Light No Comments »
Hi, I am Linda Elliott, a genealogist with 30+ years experience in ancestor hunting. I work as a professional family historian and have helped many people with their family trees. My aim with Mad About Genealogy is to share with you, the many website links, information and the latest genealogy news that I come across. I hope you enjoy your visit to my website and will come and visit on a regular basis.
