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Title: registering births of soldiers children in bengal 1850 +
Post by: cuckoo on Saturday 27 October 07 23:14 BST (UK)

does anyone have any idea how i might find out where british soldiers serving in bengal approx 1867 +would have registered their births and marriages.thanks

Title: Re: registering births of soldiers children in bengal 1850 +
Post by: scrumpyjack on Sunday 28 October 07 00:07 BST (UK)

Hi if you can give more info i can let you no

IE;- rank and poss  name of regiment if you have them  poss district in Bengal and age of father

Title: Re: registering births of soldiers children in bengal 1850 +
Post by: cuckoo on Sunday 28 October 07 00:37 BST (UK)

well its only hearsay im afraid but i think my ggreatgrandfather thomas williams was a connaught ranger,he moved from ireland approx 1870 to india ,one child born allabahad,one peshawar,one ranikhet came back to england approx 1880,not much help but thats all i know,angela

Title: Re: registering births of soldiers children in bengal 1850 +
Post by: farmer on Sunday 28 October 07 09:18 GMT (UK)

Hi Cuckoo,
Have you looked at the Families in British India website ?
http://www.fibis.org/
Good luck
Peter

Title: Re: registering births of soldiers children in bengal 1850 +
Post by: cuckoo on Sunday 28 October 07 18:29 GMT (UK)

hi thanks for that i will have a look now ,

Title: Re: registering births of soldiers children in bengal 1850 +
Post by: Puck on Sunday 28 October 07 18:55 GMT (UK)

Army Births and Baptismsetc.  If you go to www.familyrelatives.org
they have a free section on Military - GRO Chaplains Returns etc

I have found my own birth registered in 1940 but going back very much further other family members of the Royal Artillery in India Quebec from 1850 onwards.  You can also send for certificates once you have the folio numbers.

Puck

Title: Re: registering births of soldiers children in bengal 1850 +
Post by: cuckoo on Sunday 28 October 07 21:59 GMT (UK)

thanks im beginning to think my thomas williams never existed,how can a family with so many children be so elusive,cheers angela