born at sea/born USA/Canada ?

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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Linda	Report	2 Jan 2007 11:08
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Pse can anyone help with suggestions? I am tracing Edward Meredith circa 1835 USA/Canada( on 1851 censusand onwards )in Leintwardine, Herefordshire. His brother William is denoted as born at sea. I need advised on how to go about finding birth certificates? I have no idea where the family went from or to., only that they came from Herefordshire. I am presuming that the brother was born on the voyage out so that must be 1835. In the later census, 1891 and 1901 Edward's origin is Canada so I am inclined to think he was born in Canada rather than USA as earlier ones.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	2 Jan 2007 11:27
	If you google 'births at sea' thers several sites with lots of info. They would be registered in Marine registers.but take al ook cos all the info is too big to reproduce here, Shirley
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Linda	Report	4 Jan 2007 23:24
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Thanks Shirley... I will give that a go Linda