We are often asked for help in tracing elements of family history, and the recommended approach is to utilise the information available through some, or all, of the following sources:

• Tracing Merchant Navy Ancestry :  see notes on the Imperial War Museum web site as below           
•  Records of Merchant Shipping and Seamen (also the Royal Navy) : see notes on the National Archives web site as below
• Starting your search : a Guide to the Records at the Merseyside Maritime Museum, see Archives Section on their web site as below
• My Ancestor was a Merchant Seaman (Society of Genealogists Enterprises Ltd   ISBN 1 90 3462 51 7           http://www.sog.org.uk/     

The National Archives                                                                     National Maritime Museum                                                       Merseyside Maritime Museum

Kew                                                                                                          Romney Road,                                                                                 Albert Dock,

Richmond                                                                                              Greenwich                                                                                         Liverpool

Surrey  TW9 4DU                                                                                London SE10 9NF                                                                          L3 4AQ

Tel:     020 8876 3444                                                                      Tel:       020 8858 4422                                                                 Tel :         0151 478 4499

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/                                     http://www.nmm.ac.uk/                                                            http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/

Imperial War Museum London (Headquarters)                     Maritime History Archive
Lambeth Road                                                                                       Memorial University of Newfoundland

London                                                                                                     St. John's, NL

SE1 6HZ                                                                                                    A1C 5S7  
Tel:        020 7416 5320                                                                     Tel:           00 1 709-737-8428

http://www.iwm.org.uk/                                                                  http://www.mun.ca/mha/