Help finding grandparents birth certs

[lizdb]

www.gro.gov.uk

[lizdb]

Possible for Ada in 1901?

Nazareth House , Hammersmith
Ada Goss  age 6 inmate bn London

[Harper 7]

Ok, Im ordering two birth certs thanks to your guys' help.  One more question tho that you might know.  My paternal gpa was born in India because his father was in the UK military.  He would have been a UK citizen though and the family moved back to Scotland a while later.  I have had no luck finding an Indian birth certificate.  Would his birth be registered in the UK since his father was in the military?  Or is there anyways I can prove he was a UK citizen without actually having a birth certificate?

Thanks!

[rosie99]

Have you looked here
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/all/births

British nationals born overseas 1818-2005
British nationals armed forces births 1761-2005


Rosie

[dawnsh]

Hi

You'll need to be searchng the GRO overseas indexes or looking for a baptism entry.

The overseas records are online but the complete collection of India records isn't.

Can you post his name?

Dawn

[Harper 7]

William Wallace Cowie b. 15dec1893 in Meerut India
Christened 1894 in Fairibad, Bengal, India

Parents:  William Wallace Cowie and Annie Charlotte Cowie (Doyle)

Later they lived in Lanarkshire, Scotland and he eventually came to Ontario, Canada

[nanny jan]

This could be your man:

William Wallace Cowie, Meerut, India  1895   page   189

GRO Army Birth Indices (1881 - 1965)


Nanny Jan

[Harper 7]

wow you are good.  Is that all I need to order a copy? 

[dawnsh]

But if you have a copy of his baptism certificate, you shouldn't need to pay another £9.25 for his birth cert.

The authorities know that not all births were registered and an official certificate of baptism should suffice.