The Research Like a Pro Genealogy Podcast RLP 260: Shipindex with Peter McCracken
Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is an interview with Peter McCracken, founder of ShipIndex.org. Peter is an electronic resources librarian at Cornell University. Shipindex is a database to assist researchers finding material about vessels. Peter tells us about ShipIndex and how it can be useful for genealogists.
Links
The Enoch Train at Shipindex - https://www.shipindex.org/ships/enoch_train
Overview video of how to use ShipIndex.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx1GzZoqN_c&t=2s
Peter's other appearances:
Nauticapedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsxrrmOVP2k&t=3s
Common Stacks Podcast:
https://librarylever.com/common-stacks-episode-26-peter-mccracken-of-shipindex-org/
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