Eileen~ Where did you obtain the reference number for "Born at sea". I have an ancestor who was born 1904/05 but there is no Civil Record in Ireland at the GRO. My great aunt always returned to Mayo to have her children but she miscalculated one :) Since the child's birth is entered in the country where the vessel was bound, we now think the records could be in the UK and she came into Liverpool; Cobh had always been the assumption. Is this reference for Irish registered births which wouldn't be Civil for your ancestor for a few more years? Mary Ellen Chambers eileen mcdonald-sayer <andros028@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: Can anybody out there please help me with ANY information on my Great Great grandad JOHN LAW, I know so little about this side of my family all I know about him is that he saved a man (Mr John Hurley) from drowning in Queenstown harbour Cork in August 1861, for which he received the Royal Humane Society award.. He was at that time a porter, I don't know if he lived in Queenstown. His daughter ELIZABETH was born at sea off the Irish coast (noted on 1891 census) in around 1862 I havnt been able to find her birth details I found out that records of births at sea had this reference number BT158/2 but I don't know how to find out the details, can anyone help? . She married JOHN JOSEPH MCDONALD who was born in Midleton, Cork in around 1860. I want to find out Elizabeths mothers name and if she had any siblings and also JOHN JOSEPHS parents names and if he had any siblings any information at all might help me get through the brickwall I have come up against. Does anyone know how I could get school records from Midleton as this may lead me in the right direction, I am getting so frustrated as everything I have tried so far has come up with nothing. my email address is andros028@hotmail.com if anyone would like to reply . Thankyou Eileen ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/