Record revealed
Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
This affidavit is testament to the lengths enslaved African people went to in seeking their freedom.
Series
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Register of Seamen, Central Index, Numerical Series...
Catalogue reference: BT 348
What's it about?
BT 348
This series contains a microfiche copy of the CR 2 Central Index cards to the register of Seamen which was kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. Each card typically gives the following information: discharge A number;...
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 348
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Register of Seamen, Central Index, Numerical Series (CR 2)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1921-1941
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a microfiche copy of the CR 2 Central Index cards to the register of Seamen which was kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.
Each card typically gives the following information:
- discharge A number;
- certificate of competency number;
- name of seaman;
- year and place of birth;
- rank or rating;
- name and official number of ship;
- date of engagement of service.
Frequently a list of the vessels on which the crewman served can be found on the reverse of the card.
CR 2 cards formed part of the Central Index Register which initially comprised three separate card indexes: CR 1 cards, completed when a certificate of discharge was issued; CR 2 cards were completed for all merchant seaman when an engagement on ship service was initiated, and; a third special index (CR 10 index cards) created by order of the Defence of the Realm Act 1918.
A fourth index was added to the Central Index later on and can be found in BT 364. This fourth index comprises cards extracted from this series (BT 348), BT 349 and BT 350; it is organised in numerical order.
This index was formed after the register was replaced by the later Fifth Register in BT 382.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Index cards are arranged numerically by discharge A numbers. A small quantity of cards, which did not have a discharge A number, have been arranged alphabetically by surname.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Cards dating from 1913 to 1921 were destroyed in 1969 for unknown reasons.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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CR 2
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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)
- 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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4265 microform
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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Open
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in digital format only
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1998 Registry of Shipping and Seamen
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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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- Topics
- Merchant seaman
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The original cards were held by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamenup to 1992 and the Registry of Shipping and Seamen from 1992.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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CR 2 cards were started in 1913 and continued to 1941
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Since the series was accessioned it has become apparent that some of the cards were missed during the original filming process.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3384/
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Register of Seamen, Central Index, Numerical Series (CR 2)
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