Tracing CHILDREN born into the ARMY

[bendywendy]

THE ARMY CHILDREN ARCHIVE (TACA)
http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/history.html

RESEARCHING ARMY CHILDREN
If you are interested in researching an army child in your family tree.....
If the soldier father was posted overseas, the GRO Army Birth Indexes (1881-1965), the GRO Army Chaplains' Birth Indexes (1796-1880) and the GRO Regimental Birth Indexes (1761-1924) may contain details of his children's births, and can be viewed free of charge, along with the equivalent marriage and death indexes, at genealogical websites like http://www.findmypast.com.

The births of army children born abroad during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries should have been registered with the British authorities through the British Army, and their birth certificates should therefore be applied for through the General Record Office (GRO). If their births were not registered, however, then they can apply for a late registration................

Memorial and gravestone inscriptions may give an army child’s .....................

If the soldier father was stationed in India before 1949............http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/   

The Families in British India Society (FIBIS) is devoted to members with an interest in researching British or Anglo-Indian ancestors who lived or served in the Indian Subcontinent from 1600 to 1947....................

The Jamaican Family Search website .....  http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com .....................

The Malta Family History website  ...............  http://www.maltafamilyhistory.com

Royal Hibernian Military School, Dublin, between 1765 and 1924, or the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, between 1803 and 1892, you may strike lucky if you visit: http://www.rma-searcher.co.uk .................


This is a fascinating site with a wealth of info to try and find those details that are not available on many sites for BMD for those born Abroad and NOT showing on the GRO Indexes.

bendywendy