Historic passenger lists of ships go online - Yahoo! News
Historic passenger lists of ships go online - Yahoo! News: "LONDON (Reuters) - People looking to track ancestors who emigrated from British ports will from Wednesday be able to search online passenger lists of the ships that carried them to new lands.ADVERTISEMENT
Released by Britain's National Archives, the passenger manifests give an insight into all long-distance trips made by 30 million travelers from the country's ports between 1890 and 1960, including that of the Titanic which sank in 1912.
'We hope the digitization will open up a hugely valuable resource for genealogists and social historians all over the world,' said Dan Jones, National Archives' head of business development.
The records, available via commercial Web site findmypast.com which was licensed by The National Archives, also show the passages of trans-European migrants."
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