Genealogy Chat

Hi
Can anyone advise how I go about finding birth details of a british subject born abroad. We are talking of the 1850's. I am a member of ancestry but cannot seem to find any area suitable, does anyone know where I click. I have seen GRO records on FInd my Past does anyone know if its worth pay to view these, are they likely to show me what I am looking for?

Sorry for all the questions but I am hoping someone may be able to help me.

thanks in anticipation....mandy

I am in the same predicament for an ancestor in 1843 - would be interested in any replies too. Eileen

try Consular records on Find my past. i believe they start at 1849

Shirley

I don't know about the other colonies, and I'm not dead certain about this, but I think for the Canadian colonies, that until some time in the 1940s, there was no such thing as a Canadian citizen - you were just a British subject, and if a foreigner got naturalized in Canada, NB, etc, they became a naturalized British subject. If I'm right then, extrapolating to the other colonies, the answer you're seeking will very much depend on where "abroad" is for your rellie.

Thanks
I will persue these avenues, perhaps fortunately I am not looking at Canada, but I do have to check out 2 places as the information I have, could be either of two areas.
I think first I will try Findmy past, then a lady emailed re Southport, so if unable to get anywhere with FMP I will try them...thank you...mandy

Hi Amanda,

Would you like me to look on FMP as I have membership.


Deb:)

Thanks very much I've just paid £6.95 and cannot find anything related to birth. I was going to look at passport applications but taking an age to download, thought I'd try again later, however if you are a member you may know where to look more than me.
I am on the elusive hunt for Arthur Perry b. 1853/4 in St Tago, South America or St Jago...depends how you read the census. I have no idea when he came to UK but he did not appear on census (that I can find until 1891, his father was George Perry, but this may be John George. Thanks for the offer and if you have time it would be wonderful if you could confirm I am a complete idiot and have missed a most obvious entry...Thanks in anticipation....mandy

You haven't missed an entry. One of the pages from regimental births is missing. It would have to be the A Perry's!!!!!!!

I tried cross checking with returns but nothing is showing so far. How frustrating.


Deb:)

I would pronounce St Jago as Santiago, which is the modern spelling of the capital of Chile, but I'm sure there are other places with the same name - there's even (at least) a couple of places in England named after St James.

Thanks to all of the above...Malcom, yes I have thought the same, but so far I have not been able to confirm. There is the possibility that my g.g.grandfather may have been invoved with Charles Darwin, if this is the right man I can place him in St Jago island a few years later, for the solar eclipse, so I thought maybe he had gone a few years earlier.
Whatever, I am determined to get to the bottom of all this.
Unfortunately my Dad died a couple of years ago, so I am working with memory only, but as someone else emailed to me, it's the getting there that is the fun part of the process...but it seems so much easier for those on who do you think you are?
Once again thanks, there are some really nice helpful people out there, and I hope one day I may be able to help someone too....mandy