Tracing your merchant navy ancestors
Wills, Simon2012
Book
What was a merchant seaman's life like in the past, what experiences would he have had, what were the ships like that he sailed in, and what risks did he run? Was he shipwrecked, rewarded for bravery, or punished? And how can you find out about an ancestor who was a member of the long British maritime tradition?
Main title:
Tracing your merchant navy ancestors / by Simon Wills.
Author:
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Family History, 2012.
Collation:
192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781848846517 (pbk)1848846517 (pbk)
Dewey class:
929.1'072041
Language:
English
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BRN:
179476