Acknowledgements
The CLIP finding aids and databases draw on information from many sources and the work of many individuals.
 
We are glad to acknowledge their hard work and their generosity in making this information available. We hope that by bringing the data together in this way, we give greater effect to their work.
 
We have made every effort to identify all the organisations and individuals involved: if anybody is omitted, please accept our apologies and let us know so that we can put it right.
 
Our special thanks to:
 
Aubrey Brown who was not a CLIP volunteer but who started all this by transcribing the Somerset records years ago and thus showed that it could be done.
Ken and Megan Edwards who transcribed the Bristol records with the support of the Bristol and Avon Family History Society and agreed to their data being incorporated into the CLIP crew names database
Mick O'Rourke with whom we collaborated to transcribe data from the Mercantile Navy List for 1860 and who set up the transcription database for that project.

We thank the people named in the list below who have helped with CLIP by transcribing and checking data or by entering data from CLIP forms onto computer.
 
George Adam Dennis Allen
Bob Ballard Sid Barnett
Denis Bedford Lyn Benton
Margaret Bingham Rosemary Broadhurst
Cynthia Burnside Sheila Bywater
Ernie Cann Mary Carey
Ann Chapman Pat Chenier
Zelda Cianchi Mike Constantine
John Cowie Lesley Cox
John Cuckow J Culling
Eileen Davies Brenda Doherty
Kathy Donaldson John Durham
Roy Elliott Pam Evans
Wendy Furey the late Peter Gibby
Ian Giles Brian Godfrey
John Gordon Barbara Gower
Margaret Green Rose Griffith
Lynn Groves Tony Harbord
Stuart Hart Dafydd Hayes
Anne Herdman Victoria Herman
J Hobbs Eric Hopes
Captain W Hume John Hutton
Captain James Martin Gill Jensen
Barbara Jones David Jones
Dorothy Jones the late John Parry Jones
Annette Jowett Paula Kennedy
Peter Kirk Lynne Lanigan
Keith Lawson Margaret Leiper
Ron Ley David Lind
Liz Loveland Una Lowe
Derek MacCullough Ron Martin
John Mawson Megan McCarty
Veronica McCulloch Ken Mival
Jackie Mockford A Moffat
Brenda Murray Diane Murton
Helen Mytton Catherine Ord
George Parry Lesley Philips
Rosemary Phillips Ken Pryer
Kate Rimmer Marjorie Ripper
Diane Robinson John Robinson
Eric Rose Ruth Russell
Pat Sangster F Sewruk
Margaret Shand Heather Shave
Mike Silburn Pat Simpson
Pam Smith Bill Snelling
Tracy Sowden Peter Still
Michael Taman Elaine Tarrant
John Tims Dave Upshon
Jane Wardle Liz Whelan
Charmaine White Liz Whittaker
Rod Williams Douglas Williamson
Mr & Mrs Wills John Windle
Jane Woodall N Woodcock
Chris Woods John Woods
Kay Young  
  
Thanks to the following individuals for their contribution of advice, information, data or for their support for the project:
 
Gordon Read
Dr Robin Craig
Bob Sanders
Bryan Richards
Chris Watts
Mike Stammers
 
Thanks to Manx Heritage Foundation who made funds available to support the transcription of the records for the Isle of Man ports.
 
We received considerable help and advice from many archivists and volunteers working in record offices. Thank you to all.
 
Staff of Anglesey County Record Office, Llangefni

Linda Bankier and colleagues at Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office, Berwick-upon-Tweed

Staff of Cambridgeshire Record Office, Cambridge

Staff of Carmarthenshire Archive Service, Carmarthen

Staff of the Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone

Staff of Cheshire Record Office, Chester

Staff of Devon Record Office, Exeter

Staff of East Kent Archives Centre, Dover

Staff of Flintshire Record Office, Hawarden

Staff of Gloucestershire Record Office, Gloucester

Staff of Gwent Record Office, Cwmbran

Staff of Gwynedd Archives Service, Caernarfon

Staff of Gwynedd Archives Service, Dolgellau

Staff of Lancashire County Record Office, Preston

Kay Parrott and colleagues at Liverpool City Record Office, Liverpool

Staff of Manchester Central Library, Manchester

Roger Sims and colleagues at Manx National Heritage Library, Douglas

Staff of Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool

Staff of National Archives of Ireland, Dublin 8

John Wilson, Archivist, and Brenda Coulson and Clive Asher, volunteers, at North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby

Staff of National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

Staff of Pembrokeshire Archive Service, Haverfordwest

Diana Gregg and colleagues at Portsmouth City Records Office, Portsmouth

Staff of Somerset Archive and Record Service, Taunton

Staff of Southampton Archives Service, Southampton

Staff of West Sussex Record Office, Chichester