Does that happen in the states also??? Phyllis On Jan 27, 2009, at 9:27 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 27/01/2009 13:25:28 GMT Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Can anyone tell me why a marriage taking place in India in 1899 would > appear in the BMD indexes of Ireland? > > > > > The (British) Army Act of 1879 > > Under this Act, all army BMDs that took place outside the United > Kingdom had > to be submitted to the Registrar General (England + Wales) > > Where one person involved was of Irish birth - that data was passed > to the > Irish Registrar General. > > cathy > > ------------------------------- > 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