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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Indexes to Registers of Certificates of Competency...
Catalogue reference: BT 127
What's it about?
BT 127
Indexes to Registers of Certificates of Competency and Service of masters and mates aboard foreign-going and home trade passenger ships kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and its predecessor. The relevant certificates are in BT...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BT 127
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Indexes to Registers of Certificates of Competency and Service, Masters and Mates, Home and Foreign Trade
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Date (When the record was created)
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1845-1894
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Description (What the record is about)
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Indexes to Registers of Certificates of Competency and Service of masters and mates aboard foreign-going and home trade passenger ships kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and its predecessor.
The relevant certificates are in BT 122, BT 123, BT 124, BT 125, BT 126 and BT 128.
The indexes give the date and place of birth in many cases, and the certificate number.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
There are at least 2 indexes for each letter of the alphabet.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- General Register and Record Office of Seamen, 1835-1872
- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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17 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3165/
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Over 27 million records
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Within the department: BT
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Indexes to Registers of Certificates of Competency and Service, Masters and Mates, Home and Foreign Trade
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