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Offline avm228

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Re: What records should exist for someone born abroad to British parents?
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 08 October 19 18:57 BST (UK) »
My expats were very patchy indeed about Consular registrations (which were never compulsory, so far as I know).  If she wasn’t registered at the Consulate that isn’t an indication that she was adopted.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: What records should exist for someone born abroad to British parents?
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 08 October 19 19:20 BST (UK) »
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Where did you find the Federated Malay States Gazette article?

I searched Google Books for " Bourne J L"

It was in a PDF which took forever to load!
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