Hi Pauline and heywood,
I found the mention of birth at sea on a thread by Carol, TreeTops at (*) I did send a message to her but have no response as yet. "archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TREETOPS.../ 1018594149"
Talking to you two helpful people has already shown me what should have been blindingly obvious before, that I really do need to get hold of the MC for William Grimes and Annie Eroty. I have hesitated to do this until now for various reasons, one of which was uncertainty as to whether I was on the right path, but of course getting the MC would clear up some of that uncertainty. I hope I haven,t wasted too much of your time and I am grateful for the advice/help given. I suspect William will still be shown as a Hawker.
(*) Moderator Comment: e-mail removed in accordance with RootsChat policy,
to avoid spamming and other abuses.
Please use the Personal Message (PM) system for exchanging personal data.
New members must make at least three postings before being allowed to use the PM facility.
See Help-Page: http://www.rootschat.com/help/pms.php