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

Brilliant, Cathy, that's got to be the reason. In fact both parties were Irish and he was in the army. They eventually returned to England, but to my knowledge never to Ireland. I'll have to look at the Irish BMD for their children's information, some of whom were born in Ireland. Many thanks for this, JK On 27 Jan 2009, at 14:27, [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 > >