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british subjects born in france,

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Eddieisagrandad

Eddieisagrandad Report 21 Oct 2009 12:20

There is a chap here, Hugh Poulain, who was offering to do French look-up srecently. It might be worth sendng him a pm.

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 21 Oct 2009 08:19

Had a look at the overseas index under the following...

GRO REGIMENTAL BIRTH INDICES SUPPLEMENT(1761 to 1924) 1761 - 1924 ELLIOTT to EVANS
GRO REGIMENTAL BIRTH INDICES (1761 to 1924) 1761 - 1924 ERWIN to ESTEN
GRO ARMY CHAPLAINS BIRTH INDICES (1796 to 1880) 1796 - 1880 ELMES to EYLES
GRO MARINE BIRTHS INDICES (INFORMAL CERTS 1-41) 1837 - 1965 BASS to GREATREX
GRO MARINE BIRTHS INDICES (1837 to 1965) 1837 - 1862 DOBELL to FRASER

They were the only sections that came up in searching for the surname.

Sorry but there is nothing for Ess or anything similar.

Chris

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Merlin38

Merlin38 Report 21 Oct 2009 08:04

Have a similar problem. In this case the relative Auguste Pralet stated he was born about 1846 in Middlesex - no birth or marriage registrations though - and his mother was a naturalised British subject born in Paris about 1824. Found a number of possible leads on Family Search by specifying France as the country.

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Dorothy

Dorothy Report 21 Oct 2009 05:26

its 1856. or thereabouts. the dates i have are worked out from dates/ages given on the census.

Dorothy

Dorothy Report 20 Oct 2009 23:42

can anyone tell me how to find the birth registration of people born in france, but who are british subjects. my GT grandmother, matilda ess was born in paris france. but the census shows that she was a british subject at the time of her birth. i cant fing anything anywhere for her father, robert ess, either. maybe the surname is spelt differently. he was a chair maker so he may have been working there, or her mother was french, married to an englishman and went to her family to have the baby. who knows ?any help would be good. thanks folks.