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From: "Janice Aitkens" <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] No birth registration
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:14:06 -0000
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There are some Births Marriages & Deaths on the overseas part of the GRO &
if you go to 1837online there is a trial which allows free viewing of the
overseas one for the year 1870 but don't let that fool you it does also give
earlier & later ones worth looking especially while it free
Regards Janice
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruth Croft" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Lon] No birth registration


>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 9:49 PM
> Subject: [Lon] No birth registration
>
>
> Helen in Lancashire wrote:
>> I wrote a bit on not finding a birth registration , someone replying to
> check
>> 1837 online which I have.< snip
>
> I wonder if he joined the army as a boy soldier? My Uncle (born 1904)
> joined up at about 14 and was sent all over the place. Many lads signed up
> and sailed off to India, so they wouldn't appear on U.K. census returns,
> nor
> would marriages or their death record be found in U.K. records..
> You could try the India list archives, or perhaps a general search on
> Google.
> If you type the surname, then use the plus sign, and 'family' plus
> 'history', as below, it can sometimes find postings or point to records
> held
> elsewhere:
> e.g. Billage+family+history, and try the different spellings.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Ruth in Brum.
>
>
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