Finding Out More
Run away to sea!
See our page on careers
at sea in the Life of a port section for details of the
organisations to contact if you are interested in working on a
ship. If you would like to travel by sea, there are many cruise and
ferry options depending on your wallet. A simple list of links to
the websites of ferry services worldwide is available at http://www.ex.ac.uk/~mspunter/ifg/. The Cruise Information Service offers a
list of links to the cruise companies operating in Britain.
This includes the major cruise companies like Cunard and P&O
Cruises, but also river services and accommodation on cargo ships.
The Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising and Cruise
Ships is published regularly. It reviews all the main cruise
ships and marks them with its independent star ratings. BibliographyHere are some suggested books to help your research, but you may
find others in your local library that will help. More general
books on family history often cover seafarers and migrants, but
perhaps not in so much detail. Grannum, Guy. Tracing your West Indian ancestors. Public Record
Office, 2002. ISBN 1903365384. Kershaw, Roger. Emigrants and expats. National Archives, 2002.
ISBN 1903365325. Kershaw, Roger and Pearsall, Mark. Immigrants and aliens. Public
Record Office, 2000. ISBN 1873162944 Schaefer, Christina K. Guide to Naturalization Records of the
United States. Genealogical Publishing Co, 1997. ISBN
0806315326 Smith, Kelvin, and Watts, Christopher T, and Watts, Michael J,
Records of Merchant Shipping and Seamen. Public Record Office,
1998. ISBN 1873162499. Ward, Douglas. Berlitz complete guide to cruising and cruise
ships. Berlitz, 2002. ISBN 281357840X. Watts, Christopher T. My ancestor was a merchant seaman. Society
of Genealogists.
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