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  • If you have information from other sources (public sources, family documents, etc.) to add to or correct our data, write to us using this contact form.
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  • When referring to a person, vessel or voyage on the WhalingHistory.org website, include the Whaling Resource Identifier (WRI) for that entity so we know exactly to what you’re referring.
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  • When telling us about where your new information comes from, provide us with references so we can cite your information correctly.
    • to specific URLs (for online sources), or
    • to identifiers (for databases, like Ancestry.com), or
    • to titles and page numbers (for published sources)
    • to dates and other identifying information (for logbooks and personal documents)