Genealogy Chat

Is there anywhere you can find birth details of children who were born overseas while their father was in the Army? I have Alice Gurney who (according to 1881 Census) was born 1870/71 in Kinsale, Cork, Ireland. I'm guessing, as her parents married April 1870, that she probably arrived a few months later. The marriage was a register office job and I'm guessing a 'shotgun' was involved! Another daughter Ellen Mary was born in Alderney, Channel Islands, about 4 years later.

Possibly the births are in the Irish and Channel Islands indexes. I don't think Ireland counted as 'overseas' in the 1870s. Irish Records are with the Registrar General at Joyce House, 8-11 Lombard Street, Dublin 2, + 353 1635 40000, www.groireland.ie. Civil records for Northern Ireland from 1922 are kept by the Registrar General of Northern Ireland at Oxford House, 49-55 Chichester Street, Belfast BT1 4HL (0232 235221), www.nisra.gov.uk/gro. Genuki Channel Islands page http://user.itl.net/~glen/genukici.html possibly useful link regarding Alderney & the British Army http://user.itl.net/~glen/aldarmy.html

Found this in the LDS site ALICE GURNEY birth 8 Dec 1870 Cork, Ireland Parents Richard Albert Gurney Elizabeth Alice Craddock June x

From BIVRI GURNEY, Alice Birth Gender: Female Birth Date: 8 Dec 1870 Birthplace: 411, Kinsale, Cork, Ire Recorded in: Cork, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: Richard Albert GURNEY Mother: Elizabeth Alice CRADDOCK Source: FHL Film 101219 Dates: 1869 - 1872

Thanks very much for your replies. That is definately 'my' Alice. Sorry I didn't get back online last night, had to go out unexpectedly.

If you live near London army births for overseas including Ireland are accessible from the Army book of births and marriages in the FRC. I have accessed army marriage and birth from Cork through this book, otherwise you can access them through 1837 Online via the Overseas Section. Janet