Hi ???? Births at sea, Consular and military events are in a separate set of GRO indexes to the norm The theory was that overseas events recorded would be brought back and the relevant authority told, however this seems to be rather hit and miss, coupled with the ministers walking off with the Parish Registers or them being stolen or destroyed I have checked all those I can think of that might help you with nil result That does not mean they were not recorded, simply that I have not found them Ships lists at that time are few and far between and the military generally did not use them Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Any replys for births at sea? > > My ggrandfather, Richard Francis Hughes, was probably born between India and Ireland, 1860/1861 > timeframe. > > What about ship lists during that time frame? > > If his father was in the military, how would they have traveled from India to Ireland?