Hello,
I'm looking for advice on how to find record of my ancestor, Hannah Thorby/Tharby's birth/baptism in Malta in about 1814-1815. Her father was with the 14th Regiment of the Foot, possibly 2nd Battalion but I'm not positive. On the 1841 census her birthplace is listed as Malta, but I've not been able to locate any records pertaining to this. I also do not know who her mother is, though I suspect she was from the Mediterranean (a lot of otherwise unexplainable Mediterranean dna from this side of the otherwise very British family). Any advice on where to look for these records or who would have produced them at the time? Would they be local church, military, etc.? I've checked findmypast for my Hannah and not found her.
Oh, I have her father, William Thorby/Tharby's WO 25/339 record of his service with the 14th and it doesn't say anything about his daughter. Would there be other military records I could locate that would give more detail on his service and possibly his family? He was with the 14th from April 1, 1809 - April 24, 1816.
Thank you,
Sarah
