The CLIP finding aids and databases draw on information from many sources and the work of many individuals.
We are glad to acknowledge the hard work of our volunteers and the generous assistance of archive staff and individuals
in making this information available. We hope that by bringing the data together in this way, we give greater effect to their work.
We have made every effort to identify all the organisations and individuals involved: if anybody is omitted,
please accept our apologies and let us know using the link on the menu bar above so that we can put it right.
Our special thanks to:
| Aubrey Brown |
who was not a CLIP volunteer but who started
all this by transcribing the Somerset records years ago and thus showed that it could be done. |
| Bruno Pappalardo |
and his colleagues at The National Archives, with whom we have collaborated on many projects over the years. His kind help has been invaluable. |
| Ken and Megan Edwards |
who transcribed the Bristol records
with the support of the Bristol and Avon Family History Society and agreed to their data
being incorporated into the CLIP crew names database. |
| Peter Hamersley |
who has been our partner in the Port Rotation Numbers project. This has made a significant discovery about the way in which these
numbers work and will facilitate access to hundreds of thousands of mariners records in the period 1845 to 1855. |
| Robert R. Le Maistre |
who compiled a complete index to the entries in the shipping registers of all Australian ports which are held at the National Archives of Australia (NAA). We used this as the basis of the index available on this site, having made corrections and added links to the images of the entries on the NAA site.
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Mick O'Rourke |
with whom we collaborated to transcribe data
from the Mercantile Navy List for 1860 and who set
up the transcription database for that project.
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We have received considerable help and advice from many archivists and volunteers
working in archives. Thank you.
Staff of Anglesey Archives, Llangefni for their help through the years and especially for their assistance with the Port Rotation Numbers project.
Linda Bankier and colleagues at Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Staff of Cambridgeshire Archives, Cambridge
Staff of Carmarthenshire Archives, Carmarthen
Staff of the Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone
Staff of Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, Chester
Staff of Devon Archives and Local Studies, Exeter
Staff of East Kent Archives Centre, Dover
Staff of North East Wales Archives (NEWA), Hawarden
Staff and volunteers at Glamorgan Archives, Cardiff
Staff of Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester
Staff of Gwent Archives, Ebbw Vale
Staff of Gwynedd Archives Service, Caernarfon
Elaine Roberts and Gethin Jones of Gwynedd Archives Service, Dolgellau
Staff of Lancashire Archives, Preston, particularly Jacquie Crosby and Keri Nicholson, the Federation of Family History Societies
which provided funding for their project; the Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society who were project partners and the following volunteers who did the work: Nigel Barker,
Jennifer Benson, Stephen Benson, Sue Bromley, David Caunce, Seonaid Elliott, Liz Hedley, SH, Anne Leyland, Hazel Mackenzie, Peter Newsham, Kathryn Salt, Neil Salt, Sue Seabridge, Mike Smith, Grace Tabern, Clive Wristbridge
Kay Parrott and colleagues at Liverpool Archives, Liverpool
Staff of Manchester Central Library, Manchester
Roger Sims and colleagues at Manx National Heritage Library, Douglas
Staff of Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool
Staff of National Archives of Ireland, Dublin 8
John Wilson, Archivist, and Brenda Coulson and Clive Asher, volunteers, at North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby
Gwyneth Davies and Jason Evans of the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth and the NLW volunteers: Alistair Ab Emlyn, Flossie Kingsbury, Eluned Evans, Sarah Foulds, Ruth Gooding, David Greetham, Noha Haroun,
Alison Little, Aoife Mahon, Lucy Smith, Fiona Stewart, Virginia West, Karen Westendorf, Trudy Worthing, Stuart Yates, Lynne Blanchfield, Lilian Evans, Myfanwy Gate, Michael Harris,
Rhian Mair Jones, Helen Parr, Keziah Garratt-Smithson, Nan Lloyd Williams, Rosemary Thomas, Gwenno Watkin.
We are also glad to thank the National Library of Wales for their kind assistance with the Port Rotation Numbers project
Diana Gregg and her colleagues at Portsmouth History Centre, Portsmouth
Staff of Somerset Archives and Local Studies, Taunton
Staff of Southampton Archives, Southampton
Staff of West Sussex Record Office, Chichester
Our acknowledgements