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Researching Your Ancestors 

Above Portraits of Whaling Masters in the New Bedford Whaling Museum were restored through the generosity of the Descendants of Whaling Masters.

The following links may be helpful in documenting your ancestor:

Mystic Seaport/New Bedford Whaling Museum - Research Links
A comprehensive list of whaling history databases

National Maritime Digital Library

Whaling Collection Archives at the New Bedford Free Public Library

(A comprehensive index to men and ships on whaling voyages from the New Bedford Customs District from 1807 to 1925.)

FamilySearch • Free Family Trees and Genealogy Archives

The Nicholson Whaling Collection - Providence Public Library (provlib.org) 
free digitized whaling logs

​History of the American Whale Fishery from its Earliest Inception to the Year 1876 by Alexander Starbuck


Ship registry of New Bedford 1796-1939

Whaling Masters Voyages 1731-1925
  compiled by Federal Writers Project of W.P.A., printed by Old Dartmouth
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History of the American Whale Fishery from its earliest inception to the year 1876
by Starbuck, Alexander, 1841-1925


New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
New  Bedford Whaling Museum
Nantucket Historical Association
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
The Ocean Alliance

 Additional resources can be found at the New Bedford Whaling Museum Library which include a Whaling Crew List Database;
"Whaling Masters and Whaling Voyages Sailing American Ports: A Compilation of Sources" by Judith Lund;
and "Whaling Masters" directory, published by the Old Dartmouth Historical Society
If you need further assistance in researching your ancestor, please contact
DWM Membership and Genealogical Committee Chairperson, Christine Davis, who may be able to assist you.
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