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Overseas births

By stewpot1944 |
General Genealogy

My G G Grandmother, Henrietta Stewart, possibly Sherlock, was I believe the daughter of Robert Stewart, a sergeant major with the 29th Foot regiment. She was born in Mauritius, where he was posted, around 1825. Where is the best place to look for a birth certificate or birth record?

The GRO has a specific section for military births overseas for the period before national registration, based on returns made by chaplains. However the nearest to the Henrietta Stewart/Sherlock born Mauritius 1825 +/- 2years you are looking for is Mary Stewart (first image below); next post shows the Sherlock entries.

 

I have all but finished my family history research but have two outstanding quests for information. One relates to this post from March last year.

Andy J, could you re-post the "list of Sherlock" for me as I cannot bring up anything from the hyperlink? Perhaps the link has lapsed?

Further to that query, I have tried contacting the Civil Status Division in Mauritius re other family birth and/or death records but seem to be going round in circles. Has anyone got experience of dealing with this department that might help?