Birth of children to Army Personnel

[janerich]

I apologise if this subject has been discussed before but I am looking to find out how I can get the records/certificates of children born to Army personnel abroad.  I am particular interested in the late 1920s to early 1930s when my husband' grandfather was serving in India (now Pakistan) on the North West Frontier.  We know my late father-in-law was born in Peshawar 14th Feb 1929 but don't have the record.  I have just come into possession of grandfather's photo album from these years.  I was amazed to find two photos of a baby girl 'Vera' dated 1932 and no more.  The only other sibling my father-in-law knew about was his younger sister (still alive) June who was born in this country after Granddad came home.  I suppose what I am looking for apart from my father-in-law's birth is that of Vera and possibly an infant death.  Can anyone help?

Jane

[Jebber]

You need the military births on a pay to view site.

http://www.findmypast.com/MilitaryChooseSearchType.jsp

Jebber

[janerich]

Thankyou jebber

How amazingly quick your reply was!

I'll give it a go!

Jane

[Hello There]

Hiya Jane,

If you go to http://www.familyrelatives.com/index.php

The overseas are free to view, i  found quite a few of my relatives in India on this site 

Good Luck 

Jacky 

[atom12]

Wow! Jacky

That's good to know you can it is free to search for overseas relatives .... a good link, thanks. 

[janerich]

Jacky,

Thanks very much for that link.  i was disappointed though - it says searching the records are free but when I got the hits I couldn't view the records until I'd signed up as a member and yes - elected to pay for a subcscription of some kind.

However I was successful - I found my father in law's birth exactly where I expected it to be and then baby Vera in 1931 at a station called Abbassia (or similar - the typeface is very spoldgy).

I couldn't find her death though!  I even tried the BMDs for the UK thinking her mother might have brought her home if she was ill.  The closest I could find was a Vera Richardson dying Bradford 1936 - the area would be right for 'home' but the age given is 0 -  she would have been 5 then.  2 thoughts I have just had - as these are the dates of registration rather than event is it possible they forgot to register the death in India for some reason and the second if she died on the voyage home would that be under marine deaths - i didn't look at those!

Many thanks for the link though.

Jane

[Hello There]

Hiya Jane,

I had to register also, but i have never paid anything -  i dont even have a card,  and can still look 

I found my gransmothers birth along with all her siblings, i also found 3 of thier marrages..............sadly though i have never found any of thier deaths exept one son who was killed in France 

Good Luck for your future searches 

Jacky 

[Mean_genie]

If you can't find a birth in India in the GRO's Miscellaneous Collection, it is probably at the British Library. See the FRC's guide on the British in India, that you can download from their website

www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc/research/othersmain.htm

But make sure you save it or print it out, because the FRC and its website will be gone in a few days.

Mean_genie