Here's helpful information from IGSI researcher Audrey: United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous 1855-1891 These are records of enlistments in the US Navy and each record includes name of new recruit, date and term of enlistment, rating (rank), name of ship to which assigned, previous naval service, city and state where born, age, occupation, and personal description. These records are available on a number of the main genealogy websites including Ancestry, Findmypast, and Familysearch. Familysearch has digitized and indexed the records. In total the collection contains over 262,000 records and about 46,000 are for men from Ireland, which means that just under 10% have a specific place of birth in Ireland named on their record. Thanks, Audrey. We always appreciate tips we can share with other blog readers. Do you have one? Contact us at blog@irishgenealogical.org.