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: Registers of Seamen, Combined Numerical Index (CR1,...
Catalogue reference: BT 364
What's it about?
BT 364
This series is the combined numerical index of the Register of Seamen maintained by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. The Central Register of Seamen originally consisted of three separate card indexes; the fourth index was compiled...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 364
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Registers of Seamen, Combined Numerical Index (CR1, CR2 and CR10 Series) and Alphabetical Index
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1921-1941
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series is the combined numerical index of the Register of Seamen maintained by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.
The Central Register of Seamen originally consisted of three separate card indexes; the fourth index was compiled from its predecessors, for reasons unknown.
Each card typically gives the following information:
- discharge A number;
- certificate of company number;
- name of seaman;
- year of birth;
- place of birth;
- rank or rating;
- name and official number of ship;
- date of engagement of service.
Some records include photographs.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The cards are arranged numerically by continuous discharge A number. The cards were filed by number, ignoring the letter prefix. At the end of the series is a small collection of un-numbered cards which have been sorted 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)
- CR 1, CR 2 and CR 10 file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- 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)
- 2 microform
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format and microform 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)
- Transferred from the Register General of Shipping and Seamen to the Registry of Shipping and Seamen in 1992.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Central Index Register of Seamen ran from 1913 to 1941
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Temporarily stored at Hayes awaiting disposal decision. Fourth index to the Register, drawn from the preceding three, compiled and preserved. All are available on microfiche in the Microfilm Reading Room.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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After several attempts in the nineteenth century, a Central Index Register of Seamen was proposed by the Advisory Committee on Merchant Seamen in 1910, and, after being accepted by the Board of Trade, was operated by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (RGSS) from 1913 until 1941.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3400/
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Registers of Seamen, Combined Numerical Index (CR1, CR2 and CR10 Series) and Alphabetical Index
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