Link: The Titanic

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Some interesting sites for tracing history of the survivors and victims of the Titanic which hit an iceberg and sunk in April 1912. Lots of information on the internet but as with all sites some details may not be accurate.

RMS Titanic- Wikipedia

Titanic Forum

Titanic (Facebook)- includes photos, video, etc.

Titanic Stories- lots of information including new map with stories here

Titanic Societies


Were any of your Relatives on Titanic ? or sister ship Britannic ? /++ (Common Room)

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Belfast & Irish Links

PRONI have a Harland and Wolff Archive D/2805   It consists of about 2,000 files, 200 volumes and 16,000 documents 1861-1987. The records filled two cars and a van. PRONI's article gives a brilliant description of the problems in classifying their records.

Belfast Titanic Society- click 'Society Forums' for topics on subjects such as shipyard workers, Titanic descndants, etc.

Addergoole Titanic Society- 14 people from this Co. Mayo Parish boarded the Titanic but only 3 survived the disaster (thanks to Daisy Loo for this interesting link)

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Southampton Links

Titanic - map of where workers in Southampton lived (old/new streets inc)- "The daily echo also has links to other relative articles regarding Titanic."

Titanic Engineers Memorial
Titanic Musicians Memorial

Discover Southampton- "a range of information and links to sites all about Southampton including Titanic"

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Passenger Lists

Demographics of Titanic passengers- breakdowns by class, nationality, etc.

Lists of Officers and Crew

Passengers on Titanic

Passenger Lists
Passenger list- survivors marked in red

BBC Archive- Survivors of the Titanic

First class passengers- Booklet- "List of First Class Passengers, Royal and U.S. Mail S.S. "Titanic." From Southampton and Cherbourg to New York (Via Queenstown), Wednesday, 10th April, 1912" but also lots of other information about Titanic

Titanic: Faces of the crew- "To mark the 100th anniversary of Titanic's fateful maiden voyage, the BBC has brought together 250 photos of the ship's crew in one of the biggest collections of its kind. Find out more about the people who worked on the ship by rolling over the images." NEW

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Some Rootschat topics on individual passengers

TITANIC survivor & CLEAR ANNIE CAMERON born in Derbyshire C1877- Miss Clear Annie CAMERON
Titanic: James Carter alias W Ball
Alexander Milne Cairns
Trimmer - RMS Titanic- Joseph Henry Bevis
GILL, Sarah Elizabeth Winifred & Sarah Elizabeth GILL nee HODDER & Sarah Elizabeth Winifred GILL - Bristol- John Gill
Alfred Samuel Allsop
G H BREWSTER - Titanic
Goodwin family
Titanic survivor- Millvina Dean
George A Chisnall
Frank Dymond
Ismay family
C.H. Lightoller
William Henry Allen,Titanic Victim NEW

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Carpathia
Famous for rescuing the survivors of RMS Titanic after the latter ship hit an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912. Carpathia herself was sunk in the Atlantic on 17 July 1918 during the First World War after being torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat.

RMS Carpathia- wikipedia

Carpathia- Great Ocean Liners

Cunnard's Carpathia

RMS Carpathia 1903-1918

Carpathia to Titanic's rescue

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Canadian links

Titanic's Halifax Connection

R.M.S. Titanic- N.S. Archives- passenger lists, etc.

Fairview Cemetery, Halifax- RMS Titanic Victims Mass Burial Site

Titanic 100th anniversary coverage- The Chronicle Herald incluing map & details of those buried in Halifax (photos, descriptions of passenger, etc.). Search link here on left side of page. (thanks to bearkat for the link).

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April 2012- 100th anniversary commemorations of Titanic sinking
Note: some of these sites may disappear after the anniversary

Belfast Titanic Festival 2012

2012 Titanic Centennial Commemorations

BBC- Titanic Tragedy Remembered- mentions commenorations at sea and in Belfast, Godalming (Surrey, England), Guernsey, Barmouth (Gwynedd, Wales), Liverpool (England), etc. NEW

Links checked July 2013

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