Resource Links
General Resources & Finding Aids
A digital collection of newspapers, NL non-fiction, archival papers and images drawn from the collections at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
This includes the finding aids for MUN Archives & Special Collections:
Links to the MHA currently broken due to service by MUN. Searches for shipping records can still be done via CLIP (see below) or by contacting researchers at Mad Birds.
Located in St. John’s, NL, this archive holds a majority of the labour records for British shipping between 1863-1975. Alongside this collection, the MHA holds Newfoundland records of importance, especially merchant letters and accounts, union records, and newspapers.
The Rooms Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador
The archives at the Rooms holds government records from the colony and province of Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as copies of colonial records from Britain, merchant records, and genealogical records.
Maritime History Resources & Finding Aids
CLIP is a volunteer-run index that brings together all the data on ships in the British merchant marine in the 19th and 20th centuries. Use CLIP to find ships and sailors, with links to the UK and Canadian archives where resources are held and online finding aids like the Merchant Navy List.
The Merchant Navy List is the chief resource for linking a British ship’s name to its official number.
This page lists on the resources digitized by Lloyd’s, most importantly the ship’s registers from 1740-1999, but also casualty reports, missing ships, and other resources.
Lloyd’s Register includes information on how to read the abbreviations and symbols of these insurance publications.
Guildhall Library’s Lloyd’s List Index
This is a volunteer-built index of the news portion of the Lloyd’s List newspaper, 1740-1837. The ordinary shipping movements have not been recorded, but this remains a powerful tool for searching ships and ship masters (surname only) in an early period of shipping bureaucracy.
Lloyd’s List 1838-present is behind a paywall via Find My Past.
For a list of the digitized copies of Lloyd’s List newspaper.