Having checked personally the registers in Dublin, and also hiring a professional, my grandfather's birth remains elusive. Records in both Dublin and Roscommon were checked. Last year ca March while browsing a site mentioned by a lister, I somehow came upon a listing which could well have been my grandpa's. But alas, I have lost the site. Any suggestions for "birth at sea" sites from you listers? The family was either heading to England or coming from there. Possible Isle of Man or Holyhead for a port. Name is John James Keogh. Thanks for any help.

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?

They would have traveled as any others would have by sea, possibly in a military ship with others, to Ireland or more likely they may have come from India to UK then on to Ireland -You will need to locate the regiment where it was located in India and when it left India, to be able follow the ships passage. You do not state the name of the ship so I am assuming you do not know the name of the ship, so therefore you are going to have to hunt the regiment when it left and where it came home to, these regiments at times left India to fight in the Zulu wars in Africa as well. His birth is not covered by civil registrations but one would assume also if his father was an active miltary man, that perhaps it is a birth that would be in military records, which I have no idea where they would be housed because your clues are very limited to what his father was, what military group he was with and and you do use that wonderful word IF!!! Sorry but I do hope this may give you something to think on. Cheers Cara

? Hi Susan, You may find your family listed in one of the Almanacs & calendars listed at FIBIS. http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php There are quite a few hits for Hughes. >From Jenny My Family History Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~becher/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] births at sea ca 1868 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?