Genealogy Chat

The Princess Alice went down on the Thames in Sept 1878. Here's a libnk to a list of those who died or were injured, including some ages and indications of where they lived. Let me know if you find any treasures! http://www*alsbury*co*uk/princessalice/alice0*htm Replace stars with dots. Sue (in NZ)

Hi Sue, (How are you?) Have just read through the list, nobody there I recognise, but how sad to read of the loss of so many lives. All those families - it is heartbreaking. Where do you find all these fascinating and informative sites? Speak to you soon. Frances

Thanks for that - it's another possible resource. Incidentally, if you trim the URL back a bit, you can find your way to a link to this site: http://www.lostliners.*com/ (remove *) Which may well be of use to someone. Christine

I thing the vast majority of the death registrations for the Princess Alice disaster were in Woolwich district and not until the Dec Q of that year (because of inquests) Merry

Hi Frances, Christine & Merry, Frances - Yes, it'll be nice to catch up soon.via e-mail. We're a bit hectic here at present, being the end of the College year with frantic students and lecturers all trying to meet deadlines! I use GR instead of chocolate to entice myself to finish marking a few more of the pile! I found it by googling for my FINNETT family and wandering through possibilities. The two FINNETs aboard weren't directly connected to mine, but may well have been further back, pre-civil reg. There aren't that many around. When I find fascinating sites, I fell compelled to share. Merry - by the way, one of my FINNETTs had the christian names 'Merry Christmas Rose' - I'm not joking! I haven't bothered looking up her date of birth, but I can make a guess. Christine - great tip about the truncated version. Thanks!

Thanks Sue, Very interesting site, how did you get the list of names from the ship?? Gail.

Some kind person had already extracted them, Gail. Sue.

Thats really interesting, thank you for finding it. I know my dad often talked about this disaster, it must have remained in the minds of people in the area for many decades.

I have not looked at your recommendedsite yet, but anyone who has access to The Times archive - there are loads of articles about this disaster - lots of personal tragic stories etc - Also descriptions of the clothing worn by all the unidentified bodies plus their general physical descriptions too. I should imagine quite a few were never identified.....no credit cards in their pockets in those days :O(( Will have a look at the site now and probably find all the same things on there too!! Merry

Thanks for that - i just had a look although I do not think I had any relatives there. But It has reminded me that I have found a medal and some other papers relating to the Lusitania, this may lead me in the direction of how come these pieces were in my grandemothers possesions. Jules. Ps I did see a family called Swan - which i must followup as I have Swans on my grandefathers side...

Bump for Northern hemisphere evening crew.

time for another nudge, I think! especially for those who feel there aren't enough genuine Tips here! Christine