Hello List Rick said: I have an ancestor Captain John Charles Desmier who was in the Country Service around 1825- 1830 in Calicut. Can anyone tell me what this Service was and maybe give me some ideas where I might be able to find out more about this person (eg career history). The FIBIS Fibiwiki has a page Country Sea Service which seems to be the same as Country Service. http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Country_Sea_Service Cheers Maureen (Sydney)