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    From Rebecca Mc@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 18 10:10:14 2019
    I'm completely new to this so apologies if this is a silly question.

    I'm looking for information on a relative who I always thought was Irish. I've found the registration of his birth on the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958.

    The birth country is listed as Ireland but the registration district is listed as Guernsey. If he was born in Guernsey why would the birth country be Ireland? He was born in 1913 if that's relevant.

    Thanks!

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  • From Tickettyboo@21:1/5 to Rebecca Mc on Sat Jan 19 18:09:39 2019
    On 2019-01-18 18:10:14 +0000, Rebecca Mc said:

    I'm completely new to this so apologies if this is a silly question.

    I'm looking for information on a relative who I always thought was
    Irish. I've found the registration of his birth on the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958.

    The birth country is listed as Ireland but the registration district is listed as Guernsey. If he was born in Guernsey why would the birth
    country be Ireland? He was born in 1913 if that's relevant.

    Thanks!

    Sounds like a mistranscription

    You can search the civil records on this site, which will be a lot more helpful

    https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/


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    Tickettyboo

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  • From catalpa@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 19 16:17:11 2019
    "Rebecca Mc" <hello@bearsandbutterflies.co.uk> wrote in message news:6dd58ac8-cceb-4f81-a2bf-0b2ebc3cc581@googlegroups.com...
    I'm completely new to this so apologies if this is a silly question.

    I'm looking for information on a relative who I always thought was Irish. I've found the registration of his birth on the Ireland, Civil
    Registration Births Index, 1864-1958.

    The birth country is listed as Ireland but the registration district is listed as Guernsey. If he was born in Guernsey why would the birth country
    be Ireland? He was born in 1913 if that's relevant.

    Thanks!

    It could be a transcription error.

    It could be the parents are Irish and the baby happened to be born in
    Guernsey. Check if the father is in the army and stationed in Guernsey.

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  • From john@21:1/5 to Rebecca Mc on Sun Jan 20 09:52:32 2019
    On 18/01/2019 19:10, Rebecca Mc wrote:
    I'm completely new to this so apologies if this is a silly question.

    I'm looking for information on a relative who I always thought was Irish. I've found the registration of his birth on the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958.

    The birth country is listed as Ireland but the registration district is listed as Guernsey. If he was born in Guernsey why would the birth country be Ireland? He was born in 1913 if that's relevant.

    Thanks!


    Recently, there was a similar query https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=805030.0 concerning an
    Alderney Irish Records registration and it seemed to be a military
    birth. The discussion in that link gives more details including, in that
    case, the birth in GRO Army Birth Indices 1861-1965

    A search of Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958 on
    familysearch.org for Guernsey births 1910-1915 (without including a
    name) gives 27 hits.

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