Posted By:	Ralph Connors
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	Subject:	Re: Martin Burke 1834 Castlecomer
	Post Date:	February 11, 2009 at 12:03:48
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	Forum:	Kilkenny, Ireland Genealogy Forum
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Suggest you search the UK National Archives. My guess is the Royal Navy still has his service rcds with a notation that he jumped ship or deserted. The RN tends to keep good rcds on such behavior.