Hi,
I'm looking for information on my grandfather, with the particular aim of finding out who his parents were and tracing their history. His name was Ian Andrew Frederick Miller Crispe (our family goes by Miller-Crispe, but I've never found it hyphenated in the records I've seen). He was in Calcutta, and my dad was born in India, my grandfather married an Ethel Ablett in India (my grandmother). I think my grandfather was involved with Messrs. Hoares Miller & Co in Calcutta (possibly as an accountant), but I can't find much information on them.
I have one record that lists his birthplace as being Berkshire, and his birth year was around 1897-8. I'd really like to find his birth record and baptism record if he has one.
I now have a bunch of information from the lovely people at ww2talk.com:
http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/56726-desperately-searching-for-information-on-my-grandfather-wwii/ from his first marriage, potential relatives, mother's place of residence (but still not her name), wwi and wwii service records and place where he worked, but still not his mother's name, so here's hoping I can find that soon!
If anyone can help me with his birth record I would greatly appreciate it... I tried looking it up on findmyfamily, but I couldn't get anything. Perhaps he wasn't really born in Berkshire, and it was a typo