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The Nautical Portal is designed to be the 'umbrella' international project for all things Maritime - ie history of ships, and etc related to the nautical ships sailors, etc. This is a works in progress - as more links are added, we can better categorize them and collect on the one place. Please join us! Your participation is welcome in this project. To join this project (select ACTIONS (to...
Marblehead The purpose of this project is to share resources to assist researchers document the founding families of Marblehead in the 16th century and shortly thereafter. * Vital records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849: Volume I (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. 1903) Births* Vital records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849: Volume II (The Esse...
The Borssenburg arrives in Table Bay 12 May 1688 Ship’s type: Kat Construction: Built in 1686 for the Chamber of Amsterdam at the VOC ship yard in Amsterdam. Term: In use by the VOC from 1686 until it was wrecked at Surat on 7 May 1697. Length: 115 feet Breadth: 27 feet Depth: 9,5 feet Loading capacity: 320 tons Crew: 80-100 men Flag: Chamber of Amsterdam Voyage to the Cap...
Huguenot Ships to the Cape: Project Portal INDEX of the PROJECTS for the ships that brought French Huguenots from the Netherlands to the Cape VRIJHEIJT 23 June 1686 du Toit EEMSLAND 13 October 1687 de Péronne BOSWIJK c1687 Veron VOORSCHOOTEN arrived Saldanha Bay 13 April 1688, arrived on JUPITER in Cape 8 May 1688 Days: 130. People: 192. Deaths: 1 (0.52 %) Mar...
Come on over and bring your Greenleaf ancestors with you. Profiles must be set to "public." Oulde Newbury as it was anciently called, was settled, incorporated and paid its first tax in the spring of 1635. It derived its name from Newbury, a town in Berkshire, England, about fifty miles from London.Until its incorporation, it was called by its Indian name Quascocunquen and was one of the larges...
Croatian mariners in the New World; Croatian Guilds and Collegiums==article by author Mr. Darko Zubrinic, Zagreb (1995), Source : from website Croatian history.net - Croatian mariners in the New World; Croatian Guilds and Collegiums The oldest known Croatian Guild of merchants in Italy was founded in 1375 in the city of Recanti - Faternitas Sclauourm Sancti Petri Martiris. According to Venetian...
As a result of the Depression Samuel Forsyth was haunted by the tramp of single unemployed men on the dole: he envisaged a scheme to start a farm-training settlement to help them gain jobs. He personally raised £5000 by public subscription and obtained land at a low rent from the government near Willunga. In June 1930 he opened Kuitpo Industrial Colony where men could work for their board and l...
The Children's Friend Society =====Image right - Boy ploughing at Dr. Barnardo's Industrial Farm, Russell, Manitoba, 1900. In 2010, the photo was reproduced on a Canadian postage stamp commemorating Home Children emigration. ===== Image right - Collections Canada Public Domain, Wiki Commons The Children's Friend Society (CFS) was founded in London in 1830, as "The Society for the Suppression of...
It has been decided to change this project to Afrikaans due to a real lack of Afrikaans projects, with a link to a similar English project and Netherlands projects with the same idea, in order to get more information on this very important and Genealogical value.*For the English similar project please follow the following link For the Netherlands similar project go to the following link and pro...
WORK IN PROGRESS==========< BACK =====.* Exploration * Ships* Ports of Arrival * Settlement* Colonization* Independence* Genealogical Sources
Ships arriving to Victoria from foreign ports.==1852* Napoleon via Stong King Via Mearls arrived in Melbourne on the 5 Jan 1852>>* Henry Michell, English Gentleman>>* Mr Ranger English Clerk>>* Antonia Mearles Fireman? * Argyll via Singapore arrived Melbourne on the 28th Feb 1852>>* James Bell, b 1807, English Merchant>>* Mrs Bell, b 1816, English>>* Bell, English>>* George Harrison, English * ...