From nobody Tue Oct 10 02:18:16 2006 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k9A8IGsD027516 for ROOTS-M; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:18:16 -0600 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k9A8DrYn026933 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:13:53 -0600 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.41]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9A8Ds66006897 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:13:54 -0600 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k9A8DrWZ026903 for ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:13:53 -0600 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k9A8DrYn026892 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:13:53 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9A8DqBP006851 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:13:53 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k9A5UuFI023419 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:30:56 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k9A5UuVL023418 for roots-l@rootsweb.com; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:30:56 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k99IM3FI021936 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 14:22:03 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k99L4kP1002419 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 15:04:46 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Dddarwin@aol.com Mon Oct 9 15:04:46 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k99L4kYn002408 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 15:04:46 -0600 Received: from imo-d20.mx.aol.com (imo-d20.mx.aol.com [205.188.139.136]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k99L4ifP016156 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 15:04:45 -0600 Received: from Dddarwin@aol.com by imo-d20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id e.bee.5e70143 (41812); Mon, 9 Oct 2006 17:04:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Dddarwin@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 17:04:36 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com CC: YVONNEH451@peoplepc.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5326 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] RE: 1920's-30's Merchant Marine Records ANSWER TO BELOW: Yvonne, The military has records back thru the Revolutionary War. Some records are better than others, especially for the Civil War (Union records are good.....Confederate records need to be found mostly thru the state they served in). I went to Google and asked for Merchant Marine Academy. Here's the URL and hyperlink. According to them, while the Academy was not dedicated until 1943, Maritime training is more than a Century old in this country. You might try to check out this site and then possibly Email them. They have a museum and possibly they might be able to direct you and help you in your search. Gretchen _http://www.usmma.edu/about/history.htm_ (http://www.usmma.edu/about/history.htm) _United States Merchant Marine Academy_ (http://www.usmma.edu/about/history.htm) ORIGINAL QUESTION: From: "Yvonne Holste" Subject: 1920's-30's Merchant Marine Records How would I find Merchant Marine Records from the 20's and 30's?? Records weren't kept by the military like they are now, and there was no academy to attend back then as far as I know. I'm looking for Belgian-born Joseph Leemans who worked on a cargo ship between Europe and the US during that time. His boat was torpedoed by Germans in the N Atlantic Region. He recovered in a British hospital then sent home to NJ. I would think there would be some sort of medical record, or something I could find, but I don't even know the name of the boat he was on. I need help, where do I start??