Source Information

Ancestry.com. Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, Crew Lists, 1864-1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Maritime History Archive. Newfoundland and Labrador Crew Lists Database. http://www.mun.ca/mha/nlcrews/nlcrews.php: 10 October 2014.

About Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, Crew Lists, 1864-1942

The Newfoundland and Labrador Crew Lists Database contains the names of more than 40,000 seamen taken from crew lists for 430 Newfoundland and Labrador registered vessels. Records extracted from the database will include name, vessel, and voyage year. The crew lists themselves may contain additional details, such as

  • age
  • place of birth
  • date and place the seaman joined this ship
  • date and place of discharge from this ship (or date of death)
  • previous ship and date and place of discharge
  • years of service

Always check the original image for more details and for any discrepancies between the image and the extracted data.