Hi all. Is there anybody who can help trace the birthplace of this man?. His father was James and mother was Adelaide (her maiden name was Male). James was a Gunner in The Royal Artillery at the time so I assume they were stationed somewhere in India. Fred's entry in the 1881 census gives his birthplace as simply the East Indies. That's all I have. I'm trying all avenues of enquiry in the hope I don't have to pay a Researcher a small fortune to visit the National Archives! Best wishes. Jonathan.
Jonathan wrote: > Is there anybody who can help trace the birthplace of this man?. His > father was James and mother was Adelaide (her maiden name was Male). > James was a Gunner in The Royal Artillery at the time so I assume they > were stationed somewhere in India. Fred's entry in the 1881 census > gives his birthplace as simply the East Indies. That's all I have. I'm > trying all avenues of enquiry in the hope I don't have to pay a > Researcher a small fortune to visit the National Archives! If you know the Battery in which James served, it should be relatively easy to determine, from the Presidency Army Lists, where that Battery was serving at the time of Frederick was born. It is always possible, of course, that the mother was located elsewhere at the time of birth of her baby, especially if James was on Field Service somewhere at the time. The more usual way is to consult the baptismal records, available at the India Office Records at the British Library. If you are unable to get there easily, you might try a local LDS Family History Centre. They should be able to advise which microfilms to view, firstly to identify the index to the baptismal record, and then to view the record itself. In some instances, birth records are available in the Chaplains' Records in the GRO, now based at The National Archives at Kew. FIBIS undertakes research of this type for our members at a cost only of the expense of local travel to BL or TNA. Despite the fact that we now have five researchers, we regret that we have insufficient time to do this for non-members. Hope this helps Good Hunting! Peter Bailey Chairman Families in British India Society www.fibis.org