Orkney Customs and Excise: Shipping Registers
TitleOrkney Customs and Excise: Shipping Registers
ReferenceCE55/11
Date
1844-1988
Scope and ContentThis series includes Registers of Sea Fishing Boats in Scotland, Registers of Fishing Boats, and Registers of Shipping. These registers record title and property rights in ships and the descent and passage of that property from the date a ship is built until its registration is closed. The registers were administered by the Collectors of Customs in the ports of registration.
SubjectMaritime
Conditions governing accessRecords of the Board are closed for 75 years, records of outports and districts are closed for 30 years from the last date in the volumes.
Levelseries