Genealogy Chat
Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!
- The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
- You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
- And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
- The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.
Quick Search
Single word search
Icons
- New posts
- No new posts
- Thread closed
- Stickied, new posts
- Stickied, no new posts
Born at Sea ... where would a birth registered?
| Profile | Posted by | Options | Post Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Charles | Report | 29 Sep 2006 18:51 |
|
Would a certificate exist? My relative, British nationality, born at sea, I think on the way back to Britain from India. |
|||
|
Unknown | Report | 29 Sep 2006 19:21 |
|
There's a births at sea register. You can search the years 1854-1887 on www.1837online*com |
|||
|
Charles | Report | 29 Sep 2006 19:27 |
|
Thanks Helen .... unfortunately, it is around 1843-44. |
|||
|
Joe ex Bexleyheath | Report | 29 Sep 2006 20:44 |
|
. If you go to 1837online and click on Births Overseas 1761 -1994 you will find there are Marine births going back to the period you want. I dont think Marine in this context means the modern way of having births in water ! (Sorry couldn't help that !) |
|||
|
Val wish I'd never started | Report | 29 Sep 2006 20:47 |
|
are you sure he was at sea because if he was just born overseas he could be under the overseas births which go from 1761 to 1994 |
|||
|
Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 29 Sep 2006 21:12 |
|
Or if he was really born at sea then his birth would have been put in the ships log and at the end of the voyage in Uk or Europe then the log would have been handed in and any such entries would be registered in the Marine registers. There are ref books at the FRC which can be searched for the gro ref and a cert called a copy of an entry in the Marine registers will be issued. I got a death 'cert' that way for my grandad who was lost over board in 1911. You may find these records on 1837 online |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
John | Report | 5 Oct 2006 00:22 |
|
My G.G.Grandmother was born on board ship on route to Nova Scotia. If you can find the name of the ship the family returned home from India on , then you should get the date. Try ships companies sailing to India about that time. Because they are a British citizen you should be able to get the birth cert through Bmd. Was his father in the army maybe you can go down that route. |
|||
|
John | Report | 5 Oct 2006 00:33 |
|
Hi John Just checked the birth cert of my G.G.gran, she was born in 1842 and her cert was issued here. My cousin sent away for it in 1998. In fact just realised her daughter my Great Gran was born in India, her father in the army , I will have to see what I have on her. John |
|||