India: Birth in Rangoon 1884

[ShaunJ]

Can you tell us what search terms you used to find him in 1911, Tressle?

[tressle]

Hi Shaun J

If you put in Robert Mitchell born 1884 + / - 2 and nothing else.  It does not give too many results.  One stands out as being in Hampshire, Portsmouth (no birth information given on transcript).  H M S Fisgard was a shore base used to train naval articifers.  So I went for that one first and you can see the rest.

Tressle.

[markspark53]

The IGI (http://www.familysearch.org/) has Robert Mitchell, son of William and Agnes, baptised in Thayetmyo 22 Dec 1883, but as the date you have is quite specific as being Oct 1884 and also in Rangoon, you will need to check this out.

The place to start is at the British Library: send an email asking for the baptism record to apac-enquiries@bl.uk. Tell them you have two possibilities for the date and they will send you both records (if there are indeed two). They are very helpful and will normally reply within a couple of working days. Beware that asking for a birth certificate is quite different, and all you get for your money is the exact same information but with an official stamp.

good luck,
Mark

[angelasindyreid]

Thanks to everyone who has taken this time to read through this dead end.  I have now emailed both the British Library and the Rangoon embassy - long shot but nothing will be lost if no reply - I don't know if the date is the correct one as it is on his service record and he could have less than honest with the truth, other than this I have the age he was on his wedding certificate so still checking all ideas supplied.  Once again thanks for everything.
angela