Children born to Diplomatic staff

[Quiller]

Did not know where to post this ?

If Diplomats wives accompanied their husbands abroad and had children whilst overseas, where would I find the records for these births ?

Thank you for any help


Quiller

[Dave Francis]

Hi Quiller

It sounds likely that the births were registered at the local consulate.

Here's some more information.
http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc/research/bmdoverseas.htm

Dave

[stanmapstone]

Consular returns of births, deaths and marriages for British citizens abroad from July 1849 until 1965.
This is the register for births to civilians which occurred overseas.
Stan

[avm228]

Hi Quiller,

The consular BMD indices are searchable (for a fee) on www.findmypast.com.  Unfortunately for us genealogists, such registration has never been compulsory, so you may or may not be lucky and find what you are looking for.  The birth of my grandmother (b 1915 Argentina) was registered at the British consulate, but those of her sister (Argentina 1917) and cousin (Paraguay 1916) were not.

Bear in mind, also, that consular registration may be significantly later than the birth - sometimes they were done in batches as and when parents got around to it.  My gg-grandparents had 7 children in various parts of South America between 1896-1910 - the first three were registered together, another two were registered together later on, and two more escaped registration.

Hope you find what you are looking for

Anna

[Quiller]

Dave, Stan and Anna

Thank you all for your help.

It is appreciated.


Regards

Quiller

[aghadowey]

My children's births were registered together at Consulate but youngest was about 7 or 8 (when passports were needed) so might be a good idea to keep checking years after the event.

[Quiller]

Aghadowey

Thank you for the information, will certainly bear it in mind.


Regards

Quiller

[Lydart]

We had problems in our family, with my daughter getting a passport; she was born in Africa, her father in West Indies, grandfather in India ... all in the foreign civil service, and decidedly British ... yet getting records of births to prove her 'Britishness' was very hard ... so to anyone else in foreign service, I'd say ... keep careful records and copies of everything !

[Quiller]

Lydhart

Thank you for the advice.


Regards

Quiller