Source Materials
Major original materials used as research resources in family research will be listed here, but you may also find them associated with the material they yielded. If you have any source materials to add to the list, please let us know.
Thomas Waters Jr.’s Final Voyage – The Route from the Guañape Islands to the Islas Hormigas del Afuera
The location of the Guañape Islands in relation to the Peruvian coastline. The distance between the Guañape Islands and the ...
Guano Chute at Chinchera Islands
A guano chute or “manguera” on the Chincha Islands. Guano loaded by hand from indentured workers on the islands would ...
Wealth of Nations Record of Appropriation
The Record of Appropriation for Thomas Jr.’s new ship, Wealth of Nations, official number 54,391. We were unable to find ...
Bethiah Jewett Crew & Passenger List (1862)
A copy of the handwritten crew and passenger list for the 1862 voyage to Sydney, Australia that the Waters family ...
California Gold Rush (1849)
A 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Long Island whaling captains had the advantage ...
Great Potato Famine (1846)
A food riot in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland, during the famine. The Pictorial Times. October 10, 1846. In 1848, Thomas ...
