I recently visited the National Archive at Kew in order to follow up on family research. One of the documents that I found was in the collection
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_q=BT+113%2F240 and was able to get a few details on page 265 that pertained to Elias Marsh, b. Sunderland 1832;
His Register Ticket No. 479625 was recorded as being issued on the 13th Nov.1849. He was 5' 2”, of dark complexion with brown hair gray eyes (as spelled on original) when went to sea as an apprentice seaman in 1846. Apparently he could not write.
The document mostly consist of Reported Voyages columns from 1845 – 1854.
They are not easy to represent on a forum but are filled out so as to mean as follows:
(Bold printed, Itallics pencil)
1851
Out HomeO (?) S
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672 92
6 51
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1729 92
12 571852 `
Out HomeO S
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1729 92
605(?) 12
1853 `
Out Home S
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1729 92
6I did query the meaning of these figures while I was at the archive and ask if I might glean any more information from them trough other records. Unfortunately, I did not ask a person who gave me an what I consider to be a satisfactory answer.
I would be very grateful if anybody thinks that they can shed any more light on these details.
The only other information that I can give that may be of some significance to a person with more expertise at interpreting records than I, is the fact that the page is shared with details of three other seamen.
John Betty, b. Belfast 1832. Reported Voyages columns blank.
John Hayes, b. Southampton 27/5/1813. Reported Voyages columns filled in for 1851 and 1852
James Anellick (?) b. Bristol 7/8/1832. Reported Voyages columns blank.
With the exception of John Betty the
Remarks column indicates
Kent If anybody would like a copy for further examination, please PM me with your email and I will try and send you one.