England, Agreements and Crew Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records

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What is in This Collection?
This collection contains agreements and crew lists of British merchant vessels, compiled at English seaports in 1857. This includes names of ships and service records of crew members. These records are part of the Board of Trade (BT) 98 Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists, Series I, 1747-1860. This series, BT 98, contains surviving muster rolls from 1747, agreements, 1835-1860, and official log books kept by the General Register and Record Office of Seamen.

From the National Archives' website: Five major schedules are to be found amongst the agreements and crew lists from 1835, namely:
 * 1) Schedule A: Agreement (Foreign Trade), Filing requirements: Within 24 hours of return to a UK port;
 * 2) Schedule B: Agreement (Home Trade), Filing requirements: Within 30 days after the end of each half year (30 June and 31 December);
 * 3) Schedule C: List of Crew (Foreign Trade), Filing requirements: Within 24/48 hrs of return to a UK port;
 * 4) Schedule D: Account of Voyages and Crew (Home Trade), Filing requirements: Within 21 days after the end of each half-year;
 * 5) Schedule G: Names & Register Tickets of Crew (Foreign Trade), Filing requirements: On sailing from the UK;

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