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Message: [QUOTE="Michael Findlay, post: 16868, member: 142215"] Hi Mark, I just wanted to offer some info about the passenger list that appeared in the 2nd edition of "Titanic: Triumph & Tragedy". As one of several researchers who compiled that list, I wanted to let you know that names were "left off" but not intentionally. A separate list of first-class servants, consisting of maids, valets, secretaries etc., was sent to the publishers to be placed at the end of the list. For many years, these men and women were nameless, and we intended for them to be given the same treatment as the others. Unfortunately, the publishers lost that "special" list of people and it never made it into the book. Once again, it appeared that these men and women were "forgotten". I have been asked about this countless times, and I am also sorry to have to answer. The same publishers didn't make the same mistake twice when they published "Titanic: Women and Children First" by Judith Geller in 1998. The servants finally got their identities. The publishers said there was no room for a crew list, so unfortunately that too was placed into the shredder. There are several errors in the Triumph and Tragedy passenger list - it is noticeable when you compare it with present day lists such as the one here on ET. However, the T&T list is ten years old and was the first that had appeared since Walter Lord's compilation in "A Night To Remember" in 1955. While we knew there would be future additions and corrections at the time of its publication in 1994, it needed to be done to at least modify and update the list in Walter's book from the 1950s. Even today, we are still learning about these men and women and it is truly amazing just how much has been discovered and continues to be. Best regards, Mike Findlay [/QUOTE]

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