Gloucester Lost at Sea register, full index Dataset ID: gloucester-register-index Version: 1.0.0 Released: 2026-10-05 Original resource: https://capeanncurrent.com/data-tools/gloucester-register-index/ CREDIT REQUIRED Every public use must visibly show this credit near the reused material, with a clickable link to https://capeanncurrent.com/data-tools/gloucester-register-index/: Source: Cape Ann Current. If you change it: Adapted from Cape Ann Current. Changes made by [organization name]. Government websites follow the same requirement. Credit only in metadata or code does not count. REUSE POLICY: Cape Ann Current Free Access and Attribution Policy, version 1.0: https://capeanncurrent.com/reuse/ Free for websites, businesses, news organizations, government agencies, schools, libraries and nonprofits whose website or publication does not operate a paywall (subscription, metered access or paid membership) for news or informational content. A free individual page does not qualify an otherwise paywalled publication. Advertising, sponsorship, optional donations and sales of unrelated goods or services are allowed, as are school systems that require logins for student privacy. Do not sell it, bundle it into a paid data service, or gate it behind payment, a compulsory donation or a mandatory marketing signup. EXTERNAL SOURCES This resource includes data from external sources. Reusers must comply with all applicable source licenses, terms of use, policies, attribution requirements, and redistribution restrictions. Cape Ann Current's reuse policy does not override those requirements or grant rights held by others. - Lost at Sea register (PDF dated July 29, 2010) (City of Gloucester, Mass. (compiled by the Gloucester Archives Committee)) Original: https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEA-DOCUMENT?bidId= Terms: https://www.gloucester-ma.gov/ Rights class: public_record. Site footer: All content (c) 2006-2026 Gloucester, MA. All rights reserved. The PDF carries no separate license. The city says the register is incomplete. Required credit: City of Gloucester, Lost at Sea register Not covered by our policy: Copies of the city's PDF pages or images. Retrieved 2026-10-05; rights reviewed 2026-10-05 ABOUT Every entry in the City of Gloucester's Lost at Sea register, 6,626 in all, with the name, date, vessel, category and memorial flag exactly as the city recorded them, each linked to its page in the city's PDF. Also the 185 Rockport, Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea connections the register's wording suggests, marked as candidates to verify. Geographic coverage: People in the City of Gloucester's Lost at Sea register Time coverage: 1633 to 2009, as recorded (register PDF dated July 29, 2010) Update frequency: When the city publishes a new edition of its register METHODOLOGY Transcribed from the city's 829-page PDF register. Each entry keeps the name, date, vessel, category, F (fishing), T (trading) or U (unknown) code, memorial flag and archival reference exactly as printed, with the PDF page and a direct link. We add a parsed date and its precision but never change the original. Entries the city marks with # are kept and flagged, because the city lists them; the city uses # for deaths not connected with fishing or the sea. Town connection candidates come from the register's own wording (for example b.&res.Rockport) and are not verified. LIMITATIONS - The city says its register is incomplete. It is a list of names, not a full crew list for each vessel. - Names, spellings and dates are as the city recorded them, including question marks, brackets and abbreviations. - The same person or vessel can appear more than once, and different people can share a name. Nothing is merged. - Town connection candidates are suggestions from the wording, not verified facts. - Our transcription may contain errors; please report them. DEFINITIONS - date_precision: exact, month, year or decade, from the date as recorded. A register date may be a sailing, last-seen or loss date. - not_maritime_marker: true when the city marks the entry with #: not connected with fishing or sea drowning. - fishing_trading_code: The register's code: F fishing, T trading, U unknown, with the city's question marks kept. - on_memorial: The register's Y or N for whether the name is on the memorial cenotaph. - relationship_candidate: Possible residence, birthplace or building place suggested by the register's wording. Verify before use; a wreck location never means residence. MISSING VALUES Missing values are empty cells in CSV and XLSX and null in JSON. 'None' as text never means missing. FILES AND FIELDS gloucester-register-index__entries.csv (6626 rows) record_id (string) year (integer) date_as_recorded (string) date_parsed (string) date_precision (string) vessel_as_recorded (string) name_as_recorded (string) category (string) fishing_trading_code (string) on_memorial (string) archival_refs (string) not_maritime_marker (boolean) pdf_page (integer) source_url (string) review_state (string): approved = released by the editor; preview = shown only on the preview site for review gloucester-register-index__town_connection_candidates.csv (185 rows) connection_id (string) town_candidate (string) record_id (string) year (integer) date_as_recorded (string) vessel (string) person (string) relationship_candidate (string) register_wording (string) review_status (string) source_url (string) review_state (string): approved = released by the editor; preview = shown only on the preview site for review gloucester-register-index__sources.csv (1 rows) source_id (string) title (string) publisher (string) url (string) terms_url (string) rights_class (string) terms_summary (string) required_credit (string) may_publish (string) must_not (string) retrieved (string) rights_reviewed (string) Corrections: https://capeanncurrent.com/maritime/corrections/ or news@capeanncurrent.com