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Millions of Britons have worked overseas in the armed forces, as civil servants in one of the colonial administrations that comprised the British Empire, or on board a vessel travelling between foreign parts. Although they were not incorporated in the main national or local civil registration indexes, attempts were made to register as many of these people as possible, and the records are analysed here.

Overseas registers have been kept by the GRO and duplicate certificates can be purchased via the links on the GRO website www.gro.gov.uk once you’ve found the correct registration reference. There are indexes available on microfiche at The National Archives at Kew and other archives, or online at www.findmypast.com. These are broken down by period and type, covering:

• General indexes from 1966

• Colonial and ex-colonial indexes, 1940–81

• Civilian indexes 1849–1965, consular registers of births, marriages and deaths

• Civilian indexes 1837–1965, marine registers of births and deaths

• Civilian indexes 1947–65, air registers of births and deaths

• Civilian indexes, various foreign registers

• Military indexes 1761–1924 regimental births

• Military indexes 1796–1880 chaplains’ returns of births, marriages and deaths

• Military indexes 1881–1955 army births, marriages and deaths

• Military indexes 1956–65 army, navy, RAF births and marriages

• War deaths 1899–1948

In addition, there are separate consular records for people who were baptized or married or whose death was recorded at a British embassy or consulate. These records are predominantly held at The National Archives in a variety of record series. For a full list of countries covered, and where the records are stored, you should consult The British Overseas: a guide to records of their births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials available in the United Kingdom (3rd edition, 1994) published by Guildhall Library. Further information is likely to be held in consular correspondence, which is also held at The National Archives in series FO 83 and FO 97, with an index available in document FO 802/239. Records of non-statutory registers, many of which relate to births overseas and on board ships, can be found in the collected archives of the Registrar General at The National Archives in series RG 32–36.