Lloyd’s of London: its history and its records for shipping
Paul Milner, FUGA, MDiv
Content
Welcome
1m 27s
Speaker's Introduction
54s
Introduction
4m 39s
Lloyd's Register
13m 56s
The Records
12m 52s
Complete Documents List
7m 54s
Casualty Returns
7m 6s
Podcast
2m 31s
Locating Resources
9m 57s
Announcements / prizes
6m 13s
Questions / answers
23m 0s
About this webinar
Lloyd’s Shipping Lists, and the allied publications are the go-to resources for information about merchant shipping over 100 tons worldwide since 1696. Lloyd’s of London created its first news sheet in 1696. Its successor Lloyd’s List issued in 1734 was a weekly journal of news about ships arriving in English and Irish ports. The New Lloyd’s List ran as a rival beginning in 1769, and replaced it 1773, dropping New after 1788. The frequency of publication changed to daily with annual indexes, advertisements were introduced in 1854. Lloyd’s Weekly Shipping Index began publication in 1880. Further changes were made especially during WWI and WWI with additional records being created. Shipping records are still being produced. The Lists created by Lloyd’s are the go-to place for shipping over 100 tons worldwide to get information on the vessels, their masters, and their owners. The presentation will show examples of the different records and how to interpret and understand the information contained. We will look at what is online, and where to look when not online. Plus, once identified where can one look for more information about the ships and the people involved.
About the speaker
Paul Milner, a native of northern England, is a professional genealogist and internationally known lecturer with 30 years’ experience, specializing in British Isles research. Here’s the backstory abou...
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Comments (30)
Thank you for this great webinar on "close reading" of a source! I loved the information, and your curiosity which compelled you to explore this great set of sources! I particularly loved your careful attention to "Keys" and close reading of multiple lines of multiple descriptions! Your presentations always involve great detail, and it is much appreciated. I really like your use of explanations to guide us to further explicate--and think--about where information can be found (and how it might be used). Thanks again, Paul.
Great presentation. Loved it. Thank you.
An enjoyable webinar. Nice to learn something new.
Fascinating discussion about new collection of digital records that will be of great help to family historians. Can't wait to start searching these records.
great information
This webinar was fascinating and the handout was amazing.
W O W. Great webinar on Lloyds's of London. Presentation was excellent. So much information for future research. Thank you very much.
Paul - as usual - hit it out of the park!! Wonderful webinar, so helpful, and the handout is well-organized, great links and recommended books etc. Absolutely a fabulous webinar!!