L is for Lean's Navy Lists
L is for Lean's Navy Lists Portrait of a Naval Officer ca 1918 courtesy of Pellethepoet on Flickr . Creative Commons licence here. Simon Fowler says on page 48 of Tracing Your Naval Ancestors: Lean's Navy List dates between 1878 and 1916. Lean's is worth looking out for as they provide rather more information about officer than other official Lists, such as birth years of individuals as well as short biographies of their service and decorations. Where do you find Lean's Navy Lists ? Fowler recommend the National Maritime Museum, Admiralty Library (which is now housed at the National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth - unfortunately you cannot search the library's catalogue online) and British Library . All very well if you live in England. I looked for them on WorldCat too. Have you used WorldCat ? You should if you haven't - very useful. There I discovered that they are also at the National Library of Scot...