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News: A US dive team organized by National Geographic has brought up artifacts from the Lusitania on Monday, 22 August. See the news articles here: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/doomed-wwi-liner-lusitania-yields-artefacts-16039958.html http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0823/1224302863236.html Site updates: Mixed Claims Commission dockets are being uploaded daily, although the Mixed Claims main page won’t be updated until all the dockets are published (which should be …

Read moreLusitania artifacts recovered and site updates

After filling out more biographies, errors in the downloadable passenger and crew manifests have been corrected. The manifests may be updated again as more biographies are filled in.

The original intention was to start with the Mixed Claims Commission, but there were a few loose ends to wrap up first. New biographies: Joseph Garry, Assistant Surgeon John Morton, Able-Bodied Seaman Leslie Morton, Able-Bodied Seaman Joseph Parry, Able-Bodied Seaman George Wynne, Assistant Cook Joseph Wynne, Sculleryman Enhanced biographies: James Anderson, Staff Captain James McDermott, …

Read more19 August 2011: New pictures and biographies

The following are new saloon passenger biographies, some of which are stub articles because of few details found so far on their lives: Martha Waites (maid to the Burnsides) Ella Osbourne Albert Perry Frederick Perry Henry Pollard Thomas Rumble Julius Strauss Charles Sturdy William Vassar Walter Wright James Young Georgina Young Philippe Yung The story …

Read moreUpdates and priorities, 17 August 2011