Hello: On the off-chance, I sent away to the ONS, Southport, England, for a Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for one Margaret BURKE. That is the name of our great-great-grandmother. In the 1861 census, she said that she was born in 1823 in County Kerry. When I found an index entry in the Regimental Births index, 1761-1924, for a Margaret Burke born in 1824 in County Cork, I thought it worth the try. Well, I'm not sure if the following details relate to "our" Margaret Burke: - Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth, SA066362 - Application no. F2005/9740/X - Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957 - 57th Regiment of Foot - Date of the child's birth: 10 August 1824 - Place and date of the child's baptism: St Anns, Shandon, Cork: 10 Augt. 1824 - Christian name of the child: Margaret - Parent's names: James & Austus** Burke - Rank of the father: Private - Name of the chaplain or other clergyman by whom the ceremony was performed: Michael Walsh, Vicar - No. 412 - Certified correct: Signature of the Adjutant: J. Jackson - Certified to be a true copy of an entry made in a Service Departments Register. - Given at the General Register Office, under the Seal of the said Office, the 16th day of August 2005. I would need to find corroborating evidence, which has proven elusive. So, if anyone out there is looking for his or her Margaret Burke and the parental & regimental & place of birth/baptism details fit your scheme, I hope this certificate transcription is useful to you. "Our" Margaret Burke (1823-1898) married John Joseph Huggins (1816-1876) of Glenarb townland (near Caledon), county Tyrone. At the time their first child was born in 1839 at the Infantry Barracks, New Windsor, John was a corporal in the 45th Regiment of Foot. However, just prior to the birth, the regiment had been posted to Chatham. Raised a Presbyterian, John almost certainly converted to R.C., as his death certificate attests. Just in case any of these details every strikes a chord for a reader... What was that line uttered by Queen Eleanor (Katherine Kepburn) in The Lion in Winter, "There'll be pork in the tree tops come morning." Still, it never hurts to post the details now and again ;-). Cheers, Alison Causton Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia