MARITIME RECORDS: From 1864 up to the present, the General Register Office has kept a separate 'Marine Register' of births and deaths of Irish subjects which took place at sea. From 1886 only, a printed index to this register is bound into the back of the births and death index for each year. For earlier registers, the indexes have to be requested from the staff in the Office. No separate register was kept for marriages at sea. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 3:09 PM Subject: [IRISH-AMER] Tracing death at sea > Our great grandfather died at sea about 1858-60. He was Edward Brennan > from > Tullow, Carlow. b. 21 Oct 1809. married to Bridget O'Neal of the same > area. > They had 9 children who lived around Auburn, NY before moving westward. We > are > hoping to find someone to go through the newpapers at Carlow library to > see if > there might be some news of the death and burial at sea. > > Please contact me, if you can help. We would be very appreciative of > your > assistance, > > Kathryn L. Smith > > ====Irish American Mailing List=====

I have a general question about deaths at sea. I recently looked at a ship manifest in about 1846 which contained my ancestors. The mother and three of the children are listed with the word "died" next to their names. Were these people typically buried at sea when they died? "Jean R." <[email protected]> wrote: MARITIME RECORDS: From 1864 up to the present, the General Register Office has kept a separate 'Marine Register' of births and deaths of Irish subjects which took place at sea. From 1886 only, a printed index to this register is bound into the back of the births and death index for each year. For earlier registers, the indexes have to be requested from the staff in the Office. No separate register was kept for marriages at sea. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 3:09 PM Subject: [IRISH-AMER] Tracing death at sea > Our great grandfather died at sea about 1858-60. He was Edward Brennan > from > Tullow, Carlow. b. 21 Oct 1809. married to Bridget O'Neal of the same > area. > They had 9 children who lived around Auburn, NY before moving westward. We > are > hoping to find someone to go through the newpapers at Carlow library to > see if > there might be some news of the death and burial at sea. > > Please contact me, if you can help. We would be very appreciative of > your > assistance, > > Kathryn L. Smith > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com