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Posts by Janet Dempsey
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Catalogue Day 2014: Royal Marines 350
Janet Dempsey gives an update on capturing data in Royal Marines’ records during the 350th anniversary year. Each year The National Archives hosts Catalog... read more
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Tracing your merchant seamen ancestors through crew lists and agreements
The Merchant Navy Crew Lists and Agreements are one of the greatest sources we have for family, maritime, social and economic history. They are a continuous rec... read more
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Tracing merchant seamen, 1857-1918
A frustrating aspect of researching merchant navy ancestors is the ‘black hole’ between 1857 and 1918 when there are no records for individual seame... read more
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Women and Children First
This talk looks at the origins and social context of why women and children were evacuated from the Titanic first, and did this conformity to the social norm ac... read more
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Forgotten tragedy: The loss of HMT Lancastria
On 17 June 1940, HMT Lancastria was sunk by a German bomber while evacuating troops from St Nazaire; over 9,000 troops were packed on board. Janet Dempsey offer... read more
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The battle that frightened Churchill: the war in the Atlantic
On 3 September 1939, the passenger liner Athenia was sunk by U30. So began the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest and most complex campaign of the Second World... read more
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Merchant Navy operational records
Janet Dempsey examines the wealth of records which deal with the tragedy, terror, heroism and honour of the Merchant Navy in both World Wars.... read more
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Customs and Excise service records
Everyone hates taxes! Find out what Dr Johnson thought of them in this talk in which Janet Dempsey reveals how to hunt down the revenue collectors in your famil... read more
