Thanks for that Adrian. You have clarified the situation (somewhat) and reassured me. I presume that they were in Aden (Point) - which is a port - on the way to somewhere else - possibly India, or even on their way back. Penny :) On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 9:28 PM, Adrian Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I don't know about stuff under the Crown being technically in > Britain, seems to me they just counted it. But in the case of Aden, it is > surprising how far the concept of "British India" stretched. Simply for > convenience, at various times and for various purposes, British India > (which is a legal term and is not the same as India) included Burma, and > lots of other places including, as you see, Aden. See the FIBIwiki entry on > http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Aden > > Adrian > > On 11 October 2015 at 18:29, Penny Trueman via <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> ... >> At the top of the entries for the page it says: - >> ..."entries in the Register of Burials belonging to and kept at the Church >> or station of Aden (Point) within the Archdeaconry and Diocese of >> Bombay..." >> >> As far as I know Aden is in the Yemen and Bombay (Mumbai) is in India. >> Was this a case similar to foreign military/naval censuses coming under >> the >> Crown (and therefore technically in England)? >> ... >> > >