Tracing Your Seafaring Ancestors

Tracing Your Seafaring Ancestors
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Publisher : Pen and Sword
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 9781473880498
ISBN-13 : 1473880491
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Book Synopsis Tracing Your Seafaring Ancestors by : Simon Wills

Download or read book Tracing Your Seafaring Ancestors written by Simon Wills and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs of your seafaring ancestors may tell you more about their lives than you realize, and Simon Willss helpful and practical guide shows you how to identify and interpret the evidence caught on camera. Since maritime roles have been so vital to Britains prosperity and military might, they are among the commonest professions depicted in photographs of our ancestors, and his handbook is the ideal introduction to them.Maybe your ancestor was a seaman in the Royal Navy, a ships captain, a steward on an ocean liner, or an officer in the naval reserves? This book shows you how to spot photographic clues to an individuals career. Whether your ancestor served in the merchant navy or the Royal Navy or in another seagoing role such as a fisherman, a lifeboatman, or even a ships passenger, Simon Willss book will be your guide.


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