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Title: Indian births
Post by: Linjs22 on Friday 23 August 13 16:12 BST (UK)

Hi I am looking for the children of Thomas James Sharpe and Sarah Clinton who married 29 April 1824 in Dum Dum, India can anyone help please?
thank you

Title: Re: Indian births
Post by: JJen on Friday 23 August 13 16:33 BST (UK)

Hi,

There are two births/baptisms to this couple on the British Library website -

Mary Ann SHARPE
Date - 26 Nov 1826, Dum Dum
Parents - Thomas, Sgt.Maj., Art.; Sarah
Event type - Baptism
Date - 25 Dec 1826, Dum Dum

Thomas James SHARPE
Event type - Baptism
Date - 20 Mar, 1825
Location - St Stephen's. Dum Dum
Parents - Thomas, Drill. Corp., Art.; Sarah

JJ

Title: Re: Indian births
Post by: Linjs22 on Friday 23 August 13 16:39 BST (UK)

Hi J Jen thank you for that! brill! can you see a John Henry Sharpe 1829 or a Walter Sharpe 1833 with same parents??
thank you

Title: Re: Indian births
Post by: JJen on Friday 23 August 13 17:00 BST (UK)

Walter Sharpe -

Walter SHARPE
Event type - Birth
Date - 3 Aug 1833
Location - Landour
Parents: Sgt-Maj., Art.  ???
Event type - Baptism
Date - 25 Aug 1833
Location - Landour
Parents - Sgt-Maj., Art.  ???

JJ

Title: Re: Indian births
Post by: JJen on Friday 23 August 13 17:03 BST (UK)

Cannot see a record for John Henry b. 1829.

The above records can be found on -

http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx

JJ

Title: Re: Indian births
Post by: JJen on Friday 23 August 13 18:05 BST (UK)

John Henry Sharpe's birth/ baptism on Family Search -

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FGZ7-Z9K

JJ

Title: Re: Indian births
Post by: Fiona513 on Monday 25 January 16 16:59 GMT (UK)

Hi,
Thomas, son of Thomas & Sarah, was my 2nd Great Grandfather : )

Regards
Fi

Title: Re: Indian births
Post by: joyceabc on Sunday 07 February 16 12:06 GMT (UK)

Quote from: JJen on Friday 23 August 13 16:33 BST (UK)

Hi,

There are two births/baptisms to this couple on the British Library website -

Mary Ann SHARPE
Date - 26 Nov 1826, Dum Dum
Parents - Thomas, Sgt.Maj., Art.; Sarah
Event type - Baptism
Date - 25 Dec 1826, Dum Dum

Thomas James SHARPE
Event type - Baptism
Date - 20 Mar, 1825
Location - St Stephen's. Dum Dum
Parents - Thomas, Drill. Corp., Art.; Sarah

JJ

British Library website, do you have to subscribe, how is it accessible please?

Title: Re: Indian births
Post by: ShaunJ on Sunday 07 February 16 14:12 GMT (UK)

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British Library website, do you have to subscribe, how is it accessible please?

Link to the BL India Office database http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/

Title: Re: Indian births
Post by: joyceabc on Sunday 07 February 16 16:22 GMT (UK)

Thanks ShaunJ for your help

Title: Re: Indian births
Post by: GrahamSimons on Sunday 07 February 16 18:01 GMT (UK)

The other big database is FIBIS http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/#