About Shipindex.org

About company

ShipIndex.org tells you which books, journals, websites, databases, and more, mention specific vessels. It's a great time-saver for genealogists, maritime historians, armchair historians, and anyone interested in learning a bit more about a specific vessel. ShipIndex was started in 1999 by Peter McCracken, then a reference librarian (with an MS in Library Science and an MA in Maritime History) at the University of Washington. When it contained about 100,000 citations, Peter started Serials Solutions with his brothers and a high school friend, and ShipIndex was set aside for a while. In 2009, Peter and his brother Mike picked it up again and turned it into a company