In this guide we will explain how you can look for records of births, marriages and deaths of British citizens at sea (only on British registered ships) or abroad.
The main place where these records appear is the General Register Office, who were officially in charge of maintaining the records from the mid-19th century onwards. Before this office was established, however, there was no obligation to keep records of births, marriages or deaths at sea.
Note that any marriage which took place on board a British vessel was not legally valid – as no British registered ship was ever approved for them. From 1854 on, any marriage which took place had to be reported in the ship’s log. Also note that birth, marriage and death registers of former British colonies were usually retained by the colony.
Online Records for Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea and Abroad
General Register Office indexes (1761 to 2005)
You can search for the indexes of overseas and armed forces birth, marriage and death records registered with the General Register Office. Unfortunately, not all overseas births, marriages and deaths are covered. Some have been lost, and others never made it to the General Register Office.
To do so, you can apply through GOV.UK and register on the General Register Office (GRO) website to get a copy of a birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate in England and Wales.
Certificates cost £11 and are sent 4 days after you apply. It takes around 10 minutes to apply, and you need to have a credit or debit card.
The armed forces records begin in 1761 and include records from military units posted overseas. The non-military records begin in 1837. From 1854 records had first to be recorded in ships’ logs. When the ships next docked at a British port the information from the logs was then recorded by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (RGSS). Copies of these RGSS registers were periodically sent to the General Register Office.
Royal Navy and Merchant Navy Indexes (1794 to 1972)
Findmypast.co.uk (Paid) has a large number of records drawn from dozens of different National Archives record series (including records in ADM, BT, CO, FO and CUST departments) as well as from the General Register Office. You can search the registers of maritime births (1854-1960), marriages (1854-1972) and deaths (1781-1968).
Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (1854 to 1891)
The Genealogist (Paid) allows you to search for images of registers of births, marriages and deaths at sea, 1854-1891 on British registered ships. However, marriages on British registered ships were not legally valid and only a relatively small number of them exist.
Foreign Registers and Returns (1627 to 1960)
The Genealogist (Paid) and Ancestry (Paid) lets you search for and download foreign birth, marriage and death registers and browse the records by The National Archives series and piece number.
Records Available at The National Archives
Foreign Office and Colonial Office Registers (c.1820 to c.1950)
You can locate, by country, the record series references for registers of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths of British subjects in other countries using the table in the Appendix at the end of this article.
There are also some registers from a few ex-colonies and Colonial Office departments. Unfortunately, very few registers for ex-colonies were retained by the former colony.
Records of Inquiries into Deaths at Sea (1939 to 1995)
You can search for reports and other papers of inquiries into deaths at sea, including passengers of all nationalities on merchant ships, by browsing through BT 341. This archive is arranged in ranges of ships’ names.
Other Records
British Library Records for Indian Sub-Continent
For births or baptisms, marriages, and deaths or burials across the Indian sub-continent, including Burma and Aden, you can consult the Asia, Pacific and Africa Collection at the British Library.
Bishop of London’s Registry Records and the International Memoranda
The London Metropolitan Archives contains the Bishop of London’s registry records and the International Memoranda for baptisms and burials registered abroad in an Anglican church.
| Country or region | Type of registers | Record series |
|---|---|---|
| African Protectorates | Births 1911-1946; marriages 1912-1935; deaths 1911-1946 | RG 36 |
| Algeria | Deaths 1840-1958 | RG 35/14-15, 20-24 |
| Angola | ||
| Luanda | Births 1865-1906; marriages 1871-1928; deaths 1859-1906 | FO 375/1-4 |
| Argentina | ||
| Buenos Aires | Marriages 1826-1900 | FO 446/3-6, 28-30 |
| Ascension Island | Baptisms/births from 1858-1861 and onwards | RG 32 |
| Deaths 1858-1920 | RG 35 | |
| Austria | Deaths c.1831-1920 | RG 35/20-44 |
| Vienna | Marriages 1846-1890 | FO 83 |
| Vienna | Marriages 1883-1891 | FO 120/697 |
| Vienna | Baptisms 1867-1886 and onwards | RG 32 |
| Belgium | Deaths 1831-1871 | RG 35/1-3 |
| (including Belgian Congo) | Deaths 1871-1920 | RG 35/20-44 |
Military deaths in hospital, etc. , 1914-1920(In alphabetical order, but not indexed in RG 43. There are no certificates for surnames beginning with C, F, P, Q or X.) | RG 35/45-69 | |
| Antwerp | Baptisms and burials 1817-1852; marriages 1820-1849 | RG 33/1-2 |
| Antwerp | Baptisms and burials 1831-1836, 1841-1842; marriages 1832-1838, 1841-1842 | RG 33/155 |
| Antwerp | Baptisms 1840 and onwards | RG 32 |
| Antwerp | Marriages and deaths: correspondence 1927-1951 | FO 744 |
| Brussels | Marriages 1816-1890 | RG 33/3-8 |
| Brussels | Marriages 1846-1890 | FO 83 |
| Ghent | Marriages 1849-1850 | RG 33/9 |
| Bermuda | Naval dockyard baptisms, marriages and burials 1826-1946 | ADM 6/434, 436, 439 |
| Brazil | ||
| Bahia | Marriages 1816-1820 | RG 33/155 |
| Maranhão | Marriages 1844 | RG 33/155 |
| Parà | Births and deaths 1840-1841 | RG 33/155 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Marriages 1809-1818 | RG 33/155 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Births 1850-1859 | FO 743/11 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Baptisms 1850 and onwards | RG 32 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Marriages c.1850 and onwards | RG 34 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Burials 1850 and onwards | RG 35/20-44 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Marriages 1870-1890 | FO 83 |
| São Paulo | Births 1932; marriages 1933 | FO 863/1-2 |
| Brunei | Births 1932-1950 | RG 36 |
| Bulgaria | ||
| Plovdiv | Births 1880-1922; deaths 1884-1900 | FO 868/1-2 |
| Rustchuk | Births 1867-1908; deaths 1867-1903 | FO 888/1-2 |
| Sofia | Births 1934-1940 | FO 864/1 |
| Varna | Births 1856-1939; deaths 1851-1929 | FO 884/1-5 |
| Burma | ||
| Rangoon | Marriages 1929-1942 | RG 33/10 |
| China | Births, marriages and deaths 1869-1876 | FO 681/1 |
| Amoy | Births 1850-1950; marriages 1850-1949; deaths 1850-1948(see also China FO 681/1) | FO 663/85-95 |
| Canton | Births 1864-1865, 1944-1950; marriages 1865, 1943-1949; deaths, 1865, 1944-1950(see also China FO 681/1) for a list of British subjects in Canton, 1844-1951, see FO 694 | FO 681/2-9 |
| Changsha | Births 1905-1941; marriages 1906-1936; deaths 1906-1933 | FO 681/10-12 |
| Chefoo | Births 1861-1943; marriages 1872-1940; deaths 1861-1942 | FO 681/13-22 |
| Chengtu | Births 1902-1915; marriages 1904-1924; deaths 1904-1926 | FO 664/3-5 |
| Chinanfu (Tsinan) | Births and marriages 1906-1935; deaths 1906-1931, 1937 | FO 681/23-27 |
| Chinkiang | Births 1865-1866, 1899-1926; marriages 1865-1866, 1896-1959;deaths 1865-1866, 1889-1927 (see also China FO 681/1) | FO 387/4-5, 7-11 |
| Chungking | Births 1888-1951; marriages 1891-1949; deaths 1891-1950 | FO 681/28-34 |
| Darien | Births and marriages 1907-1940; deaths 1910-1940 | FO 681/35-88 |
| Foochow | Births 1858-1866,1905-1944; marriages 1909-1942;deaths 1858-1866, 1921-1945 (see also China FO 681/1) | FO 665/3-8 |
| Formosa (Taiwan) | Births, marriages and deaths 1866 | FO 681/57 |
| Formosa (Taiwan) | Deaths 1873-1901(see also China FO 681/1) | FO 721/1 |
| Hankow | Births 1863-1951; marriages 1869-1949; deaths 1861-1950(see also China FO 681/1) | FO 666/2-22 |
| Ichang | Births 1879-1938; marriages 1881-1937; deaths 1880-1941 (damaged by fire) | FO 667/2-6 |
| Kuikiang | Births 1866-1929; marriages 1872-1928; deaths 1863-1929 | FO 681/39-45 |
| Kunming | Births 1949-1951; deaths 1950 | FO 668/2-3 |
| Kwelin | Births 1942-1944; deaths 1943 | FO 681/46-47 |
| Mukden | Births and deaths 1949 (date of registration); marriages 1947-1948 | FO 681/48-49, 79-80 |
| Nanking | Births 1930-1948; marriages 1929-1949; deaths 1930-1947 | FO 681/50-53 |
| Newchang | Births, marriages and deaths between 1869 and 1876 | FO 681/1 |
| Ningpo | Births 1858; marriages and deaths 1856-1858(see also China FO 681/1) | FO 670/2-4 |
| Peking | Births 1911-1914; deaths 1911-1913 (date of registration)(see also China FO 681/1) | FO 564/13-14 |
| Shanghai | Births 1856-1864; marriages 1851; deaths 1851-1864 | FO 672/1-3 |
| Shanghai | Marriages 1852-1951 | RG 33/12-20 |
| Shanghai, Union Church | Marriages 1869-1951(see also China FO 681/1) | RG 33/21-32 |
| Shantung Province | Marriages 1912-1914 | RG 33/33 |
| Swatow | Births 1864-1865, 1947-1949 (date of registration); marriages 1865;deaths 1864-1865 (see also China FO 681/1) | FO 681/54-56 |
| Taku | Births 1862-1875; deaths 1871-1875 | FO 673/9-10 |
| Tengyueh | Births 1904-1941; marriages 1913-1941; deaths 1906-1941 | FO 681/60-62 |
| Tientsin | Births 1864-1951; marriages 1862-1952; deaths 1863-1952(see also China FO 681/1) | FO 674/297-327 |
| Tsingtao | Births 1911-1950; marriages 1923-1949; deaths 1921-1951 | FO 675/7-10 |
| Wei-hai-wei | Births 1899-1929; marriages 1905-1940; deaths 1899-1929, 1938-1941 | FO 681/63-71 |
| Wei-hai-wei | Births, marriages, deaths 1899-1930 | RG 33/34 |
| Wei-hai-wei | Births, marriages, deaths 1899-1930 | RG 36 |
| Wei-hai-wei | Index to births, marriages and deaths 1899-1930 | RG 43/19 |
| Whampoa | Births and deaths 1865(see also China FO 681/1) | FO 681/72-73 |
| Yunanfu | Births 1903-1948; marriages 1904-1949; deaths 1903-1950 | FO 681/74-78 |
| Colombia | Marriages 1824-1827 | RG 33/155 |
| Marriages 1846-1890 | FO 83 | |
| Cartagena | Births 1853-1924; deaths 1858-1927 | FO 736/2-3 |
Denmark(For Danish Colonies see West Indies) | Deaths 1842-1872 | RG 35/4-7 |
| Copenhagen | Marriages 1846-1890 | FO 83 |
| Copenhagen | Marriage affidavits 1853-1870 | FO 211/236 |
| Copenhagen | Marriages 1853-1874 | RG 33/35 |
| Copenhagen | Baptisms 1866-1870; marriages and burials 1869-1870 and onwards | RG 32 |
| Ecuador | ||
| Guayaquil | Births, marriages and deaths 1879-1896 | FO 521/2 |
| Estonia see Russia | ||
| Falkland Islands | Births and baptisms 1853-1951 | RG 32 |
| Marriages 1854-1951 | RG 34 | |
| Burials 1854-1951 | RG 35/20-44 | |
| Finland | ||
| Helsinki | Births 1914-1924 | FO 753/19 |
| Helsinki | Deaths 1924 | FO 768/5 |
| Kristinestad | Deaths 1928 | FO 756/1 |
| Raahe (Brahestad) | Deaths 1930 | FO 755/1 |
| Tampere | Births 1906-1923; deaths 1909-1934 | FO 769/1-2 |
| Turku (Abo) | Births 1928; deaths 1929 | FO 754/1-2 |
| Vyborg | Births 1924-1931; deaths 1929-1937 | FO 751/1-3 |
| France | Deaths 1831-1871 | RG 35/8-13 |
| Deaths 1871-1920 | RG 35/20-44 | |
Military deaths in hospital, etc. , 1914-1920(In alphabetical order, but not indexed in RG 43. There are no certificates for surnames beginning with C, F, P, Q or X.) | RG 35/45-69 | |
| Boulogne | Baptisms and burials 1815-1896; marriages 1829-1895(index at RG 33/161) | RG 33/37-48 |
| Brest | Births 1842 | RG 33/155 |
| Calais and St Omer | Baptisms 1817-1878; marriages 1818-1872; burials 1819-1878(index at RG 33/49) | RG 33/50-55 |
| Dieppe | Births 1872-1892; deaths 1871-1894 | FO 712/1-3 |
| Le Havre | Baptisms, marriages and burials 1817-1863 | RG 33/56-57 |
| Le Tréport | Births 1917-1926; deaths 1899-1929 | FO 713/1-2 |
| Nantes | Marriages 1851-1867 | FO 384/1 |
| Paris | Baptisms, marriages and burials 1784-1789, 1801-1809,1815-1869; marriages 1869-1890 | RG 33/58-77 |
| Paris | Deaths 1846-1852 | RG 35/11 |
| Paris | Marriages 1852-1890 | FO 83 |
| Paris | Marriages 1935-1937 | FO 630/1 |
| Rouen | Baptisms 1843-1844 | RG 33/78 |
French colonies(Cochin China, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, India, Martinique, Mexico, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saigon, Shanghai, Senegal, Society Islands) (See also Algeria, Réunion, Madagascar, Tahiti and West Indies) | Deaths 1836-1871 | RG 35/14-16 |
| Germany | Deaths c.1831-1920 | RG 35/20-44 |
| Aachen | Deaths 1925 | FO 604/7 |
| Bavaria | Baptisms, marriages and death 1860-1861 | FO 151/3 |
| Bavaria | Marriages 1860-1861 | FO 149/99 |
| Bavaria | Marriages 1884-1897 (see also RG 32) | FO 601/2-6 |
| Berlin | Marriages 1846-1890 | FO 83 |
| Berlin | Births 1944-1954; deaths 1944-1945 | FO 601/2-6 |
| Bremen | Births 1872-1914; marriages 1893-1933 | FO 585/1-5 |
| Bremerhaven | Births 1872-1893 | FO 585/1 |
| Bremerhaven | Marriages 1903-1914 | FO 586/1 |
| Cologne | Births and marriages 1850-1866; deaths 1850-1866 and 1879-1881 | FO 155/5-11, 17 |
| Cologne | Births 1880; marriages 1920-1934 | FO 604/8-10 |
| Darmstadt | Births 1869-1898; deaths 1871-1905 | FO 716/1-2 |
| Darmstadt | Marriages 1870-1890 | FO 83 |
| Dresden | Births, baptisms and burials 1817-1836 | RG 33/79 |
| Dresden | Marriages 1846-1890 | FO 83 |
| Dresden | Births and deaths 1859-1866 | RG 33/80 |
| Dresden | Births 1901-1907; marriages 1899-1900 | FO 292/2, 4-5 |
| Düsseldorf | Births 1873-1884; baptisms 1903-1907; marriages 1873-1878, 1893-1898;deaths 1876-1884 | FO 604/1-6, 8 |
| Essen | Births 1922-1927 | FO 604/11 |
| Frankfurt | Marriages 1836-1865 | FO 208/90 |
| Frankfurt | Marriages 1846-1869 | FO 83 |
| Hanover | Baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials 1839-1859 | RG 33/81 |
| Hanover | Marriages 1846-1869 | FO 83 |
| Hanover | Births 1861-1866 | FO 717/1 |
| Karlsruhe | Births 1860-1864; deaths 1859-1864 | FO 718/1-2 |
| Konigsberg | Marriages 1864-1885 | FO 509/1 |
| Leipzig | Marriages 1850-1865; deaths 1850-1860 | FO 299/22 |
| Munich | Marriages 1846-1890 | FO 83 |
| Saxony | Marriages 1850-1865; deaths 1850-1869 | FO 218/3 |
| Stuttgart(See also Poland) | Marriages 1847-1890 | FO 83 |
| Greece | Marriages 1846-1890 | FO 83 |
| Ionian Islands, Zante | Baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials 1849-1859.The registers for 1818-1848 are available on thegenealogist and Ancestry.co.uk. | RG 33/82 |
| Hawaii | Births 1848-1893 | FO 331/59 |
| Marriages 1850-1853 | RG 33/155 | |
| Registers of British subjects 1895-1944 | FO 331/60-61 | |
| Hong Kong | Deaths from enemy action in the Far East 1941-1945, indexed in RG 43/14(see also Indonesia RG 33/132) | RG 33/11 |
| Hungary | ||
| Budapest | Marriages 1872-1899 | FO 114/1-5 |
| Indian States | ||
Bikaner, EasternRajputana, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Madras States, Mysore, Punjab States, Travandrum, and other states | Births and deaths 1894-1947 (most from 1930s and 1940s) (indexed in RG 43/15) | RG 33/90-113 |
Jammu and Kashmir,Kolhapur and Deccan states, Udaipur | Births 1917-1947 (indexed in RG 43/15) | RG 33/157-158, 160 |
| Srinagar | Deaths 1926-1947 (indexed in RG 43/15) | RG 33/159 |
| Indian Sub-continent | Deaths c.1831-1920 | RG 35/20-44 |
| French India | Deaths 1836-1871 | RG 35/16 |
| Indonesia (Dutch EastIndies) | Deaths 1839-1871 | RG 35/17 |
| Deaths 1871-1920 | RG 35/20-44 | |
| Borneo | Births 1907; deaths 1897-1907 | FO 221/2-3 |
| Borneo and Sarawak | Deaths from enemy action 1941-1945 | RG 33/132 |
| Java | Births 1869-1941; baptisms 1906; deaths 1874-1898 and 1912-1940 | FO 803/1-3 |
| Java | Deaths 1839-1871 | RG 35/20-44 |
| Oleh Leh | Births and deaths 1883-1884 | FO 220/12 |
| Sumatra | Births 1851-1951; marriages 1850-1950; deaths 1882-1931 | FO 220/12 |
| Iran (Persia) | Births 1903-1950; marriages 1895-1950; deaths 1899-1950 | FO 923/1-25 |
| Bushire | Births, marriages and deaths 1849-1895 | FO 560 |
| Isfahan | Births 1829-1950; marriages 1893-1951; deaths 1892-1943 | FO 799/34-37 |
| Tabriz | Births 1851-1951; marriages 1850-1950; deaths 1882-1931 | FO 451/1-9 |
| Iraq (Mesopotamia) | Births, marriages and deaths 1915-1931 (with marriage indexes in RG 33/138-139) | RG 33/133-137 |
| Births, marriages and deaths 1915-1931 (indexed in RG 43/16) | RG 36 | |
| Israel see Palestine | ||
| Italy | Deaths 1871-1920 | RG 35/20-44 |
| Agrigento | Births 1857-1904; deaths 1857-1885 | FO 653/2-4 |
| Catania | Births 1878-1939; deaths 1878-1904, 1919-1940 | FO 653/5-7 |
| Florence | Marriages 1840-1855, 1865-1871 | RG 33/114-115 |
| Florence | Marriages 1856 | FO 352/43 |
| Gela | Births 1904-1930 | FO 653/8 |
| Licata | Births and deaths 1871-1900 | FO 720/1 |
| Livorno (Leghorn) | Births, baptisms, marriages and burials 1797-1824 | RG 33/116-117 |
| Marsala | Births, 1847-1922; deaths 1847-1919 | FO 653/9-11 |
| Mazzara | Births 1810-1911 | FO 653/12-13 |
| Messina | Births and deaths 1854-1957 | FO 653/14-17 |
| Milazzo | Deaths 1887-1903 | FO 653/18 |
| Naples | Baptisms, marriages and burials 1817-1822 | RG 33/118 |
| Naples | Baptisms, marriages and burials 1835-1836 | RG 33/155 |
| Palermo | Births 1837-1891, 1932-1940; deaths 1850-1919 | FO 653/19-21 |
| Porto Empedocle | Births 1906 | FO 653/22 |
| Rome and Tuscany | Baptisms and marriages 1816-1852 | FO 170/6 |
| Rome | Marriages 1870-1890 | FO 83 |
| Rome | Marriages 1872-1889 | RG 33/119 |
| Sicily | Births 1810-1957; deaths 1847-1957 | FO 653/2-38 & FO 720/1 |
| Sicily | Baptisms 1838 | RG 33/155 |
| Syracuse | Births 1909-1918; deaths 1912-1919, 1953-1957 | FO 653/23-25 |
| Taormina | Deaths 1909-1922 | FO 653/26 |
| Trapani | Births 1871-1906, 1924-1927 | FO 653/27-28 |
| Turin | Marriages 1847-1869 | FO 83 |
| Turin | Marriages 1858-1864 | RG 33/120 |
| Venice | Marriages 1874-1947 | RG 33/121 |
| Japan | Marriage declarations and certificates 1870-1887 | FO 345 |
| Kobe | Baptisms and marriages 1874-1941; burials 1902-1941 | RG 33/122-126 |
| Nagasaki | Births 1864-1940; marriages 1922-1940; deaths 1859-1944 | FO 796/236-238 |
| Osaka | Marriages 1892-1904 | RG 33/127-130 |
| Shimonoseki | Births 1903-1921; marriages 1906-1922; deaths 1903-1921 | FO 797/48-50 |
| Tokyo | Marriages 1870-1890 | FO 83 |
| Tokyo | Marriages 1875-1887 | FO 345/34 |
| Yokohama | Marriages 1870-1874 | FO 345/34 |
| Jordan | ||
| Amman | Births 1946; marriages 1927 | RG 36 |
| Kenya (East AfricanProtectorate) | Births 1904-1924(partly indexed by RG 43/18) | RG 36 |
| Latvia see Russia | ||
| Lebanon | ||
| Beirut | Marriages c.1859-1939 | FO 616/5 |
| Libya | ||
| Tripoli | Marriages 1916, 1931-1940; deaths 1938-1939 | FO 161/4-7 |
| Lithuania see Russia | ||
| Madagascar | ||
| Diego Suarez | Births 1907-1921 | FO 711/1 |
| Tamatave | Deaths 1935-1940 | FO 714/1 |
| Tananarive (Antananarivo) | Births 1865-1868 | FO 710/1 |
| Malaysia | Births 1917-1949 | RG 36 |
| Births 1920-1948; deaths 1941-1945 | RG 33/131-132 | |
| Borneo | Births 1907; deaths 1897-1907 | FO 221/2-3 |
| Borneo and Sarawak | Deaths from enemy action 1941-1945 | RG 33/132 |
| Johore | Births 1924-1931 | RG 36 |
| Sarawak | Births 1910-1948; marriages 1921-1935; deaths 1910-1948 | RG 36 |
| Malta | Marriages 1904-1936 | FO 161/7 |
| Mauritius see Reunion | ||
| Mexico | Marriages 1850 and onwards | RG 34 |
| Deaths c.1850 -1920 | RG 35/16, 20-44 | |
| Mexico City | Burials 1827-1926 | FO 207/58 |
| Mexico City | Marriages 1846-1869 | FO 83 |
| Mexico City | Births and deaths 1854-1867 | FO 723/1-2 |
| Vera Cruz | Births, deaths and burials 1858-1867 | RG 33/140 |
Netherlands(For Dutch colonies see Indonesia, Surinam and West Indies) | Deaths 1839-1871 and 1871-1920 | RG 35/17, 20-44 |
| The Hague | Baptisms 1627-1821; marriages 1627-1889; births 1837-1839, 1859-1894; deaths 1859-1907(These also include some church records; for others, see FO 259.) | RG 33/83-88 |
| The Hague | Marriages 1846-1890 | FO 83 |
| Rotterdam | Baptisms and marriages 1708-1794 | RG 33/89 |
| Norway | Deaths 1831-1920 | RG 35/20-44 |
| Bodo | Births 1888-1890; deaths 1895 | FO 724/1-2 |
| Drammen | Deaths 1906 | FO 532/2 |
| Kragero | Deaths 1895 | FO 725/1 |
| Lofoten Islands | Births 1850-1932 | FO 726/1 |
| Oslo (Christiania) | Births 1850-1932; marriages 1853-1936; deaths 1850-1930 | FO 529/1-14 |
| Porsgrund and Skien | Births 1885-1891 | FO 531/2 |
| Palestine | Births and deaths 1920-1935 (indexed in RG 43/17) | RG 33/141 |
| Births 1923-1948; deaths 1941-1945 (partly indexed in RG 43/18) | RG 36 | |
| Jaffa | Births 1900-1914 | FO 734/1 |
| Jerusalem | Births 1850-1921; deaths 1851-1914 | FO 617/3-5 |
| Jerusalem | Military baptisms 1939-1947 | WO 156/6 |
| Sarafand | Military baptisms 1940-1946; banns of marriage 1944-1947 | WO 156/7-8 |
| Paraguay | Births 1863 and onwards | RG 32 |
| Deaths 1831-1920 | RG 35/20-44 | |
| Peru | Births and deaths 1837-1841; marriages 1827 and 1836 | RG 33/155 |
| Poland | ||
| Breslau (Wroclaw) | Births 1929-1938; deaths 1932-1938 | FO 715/1-2 |
| Danzig (Gdansk) | Births 1851-1910; deaths 1850-1914 | FO 634/16-18 |
| Lodz | Births 1925-1939 | FO 869/1 |
| Stettin | Births 1864-1939; deaths 1857-1933 | FO 719/1-2 |
| Portugal | Deaths 1831-1920 | RG 35/20-44 |
| Azores | Births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials 1807-1866 | FO 559/1 |
| Azores | Baptisms 1850-1857 | RG 32 |
| Azores | Burials 1850-1857 | RG 35/20 |
| Cape Verde Islands | Marriages 1894-1922 | FO 767/6-7 |
| Lisbon | Marriages 1846-1890 | FO 83 |
| Lisbon | Marriages 1859-1876 | FO 173/8 |
| Luanda see Angola | ||
| Oporto | Baptisms, marriages and burials 1814-1874 | RG 33/142 |
| Oporto | Baptisms, marriages and burials 1837 | RG 33/155 |
| Oporto | Baptisms, 1835 onwards | RG 32 |
| Oporto | Marriages 1835 onwards | RG 34 |
| Oporto | Burials 1835-1844 | RG 35/20 |
| Réunion (Mauritius) | Deaths 1836-1871 | RG 35/16 |
| Marriages 1864-1921 | FO 322/1-2 | |
| Romania | ||
| Braila | Births 1922-1930; deaths 1921-1929 | FO 727/1-2 |
| Bucharest | Births 1851-1931; baptisms 1858-1948: deaths 1854-1929 | FO 625/2-4, 6 |
| Bucharest | Marriages 1870-1890 | FO 83 |
| Constanta (Kustendie) | Births 1866-1873 | FO 887/1 |
| Galatz | Marriages 1891-1939 | FO 517/1-2 |
| Lower Danube | Baptisms 1869-1907 | FO 625/5 |
| Lower Danube | Marriages 1868-1914 | RG 33/143 |
| Lower Danube | Burials 1869-1870 | FO 786/120 |
| Sulina | Births 1861-1932; deaths 1860-1931 | |
| Russia | Births, baptisms, and deaths 1835-1870 | RG 35/18-19 |
| Births 1849-1909; marriages 1849-1861; deaths 1849-1915 | FO 267/44-46 | |
| Deaths 1871-1920 | RG 35/20-44 | |
| Archangel | Births 1849-1909; marriages 1849-1861; deaths 1849-1915 | FO 267/44-46 |
| Batum | Births 1884-1921; marriages 1891-1920; deaths 1884-1920 | FO 397/1-6 |
| Berdiansk (Osipenko) | Marriages 1901 | FO 399/1 |
| Ekaterinburg(Sverdlovsk) | Deaths 1918-1919 | FO 399/5 |
| Estonia, Pernau | Births 1894-1930; deaths 1894-1930 | FO 339/11-12 |
| Estonia, Tallin (Reval) | Births 1866-1940; marriages 1921-1939; deaths 1875-1940 | FO 514/1-9 |
| Konigsberg (Kaliningrad) | Births 1869-1933; marriages 1864-1904; deaths 1857-1932 | FO 509/1-4 |
| Latvia, Libau | Births 1883-1932; deaths 1871-1932 | FO 440/10 & FO 661/4-5 |
| Latvia, Riga | Births 1850-1910; deaths 1850-1915 | FO 377/3-4 |
| Latvia, Riga | Births 1921-1940; marriages 1920-1940; deaths 1921-1940 | FO 516/1-9 |
| Latvia, Windau | Births 1906-1909 | FO 399/19 |
| Lithuania, Kovnoand Memel | Births 1924-1940; deaths 1922-1940 | FO 722/1-4 |
| Moscow | Births 1882-1918; marriages 1894-1924; deaths 1881-1918 | FO 518/1-4 |
| Nicolaiyev | Births 1872-1917; deaths 1874-1915 | FO 399/7-8 |
| Novorossisk | Births 1911-1920; deaths 1896-1920 | FO 399/9-10 |
| Odessa | Births 1852-1919; baptisms 1893; marriages 1851-1916; deaths 1852-1919 | FO 359/3-12 |
| Poti | Births 1871-1906; deaths 1871-1920 | FO 399/13-14 |
| Rostov | Births 1891-1914; marriages 1904-1918; deaths 1906-1916 | FO 398/1-9 |
| St Petersburg(Petrograd, Leningrad) | Baptisms 1818-1840; burials 1821-1840. Independent denomination. (Indexed in RG 43) | RG 4/4605 |
| St Petersburg(Petrograd, Leningrad) | Births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials 1840-1918(with an index for 1886-1917 in RG 33/162) | RG 33/144-152 |
| St Petersburg(Petrograd, Leningrad) | Births 1856-1938; marriages 1892-1917; deaths 1897-1927 | FO 378/3-9 |
| St Petersburg(Petrograd, Leningrad) | Marriages 1870-1890 | FO 83 |
| Sebastopol | Births 1886-1898; marriages 1910; deaths 1893-1908 | FO 393/3, 15-16 |
| Theodosia (Feodosiya) | Births 1904-1906; deaths 1907-1918 | FO 339/17-18 |
| Vladivostok | Births 1911-1927; marriages 1916-1923; deaths 1908-1924 | FO 510/1-10 |
| Singapore | Births 1922 | RG 36 |
| Somaliland (Somalia) | Births 1905-1920 (partly indexed by RG 43/18) | RG 36 |
| Spain | Deaths 1831-1920 | RG 35/20-44 |
| Aguilas | Births 1875-1911; deaths 1874-1911 | FO 920/1-2 |
| Balearic Islands | Births, marriages, deaths (1815-1880) | FO 214/51-53 |
| Bilbao | Deaths 1855-1870 | FO 729/1 |
| Cartagena | Births 1847-1887; marriages 1858-1904; deaths 1855-1871 | FO 920/3-6 |
| Garrucha | Births 1876-1890; deaths 1883-1905 | FO 920/7-8 |
| Madrid | Marriages 1846-1890 | FO 83 |
| Madrid | Registers of British subjects 1835-1895, 1906-1931 | FO 445 |
| Pormàn | Births 1907; deaths 1911 | FO 920/9-10 |
| Seville | Births, marriages and deaths 1948 | FO 332/14-16 |
| Sudan | Births 1916-1950; marriages 1907-1950; deaths 1917-1946 (partly indexed by RG 43/18) | RG 36 |
| Surinam (Dutch Guiana) | ||
| Paramaribo | Births 1897-1966; marriages 1922-1929; deaths 1889-1965 | FO 907/1-32 |
| Sweden | Deaths 1831-1920 | RG 35/20-44 |
| Gothenburg | Marriages 1845-1891 | RG 33/153 |
| Gothenburg | Baptisms 1881-1890 | FO 818/15 |
| Hudiksvall | Deaths 1884 | FO 730/1 |
| Oskarshamn | Deaths 1887 | FO 731/1 |
| Stockholm | Marriages 1847-1890 | FO 83 |
| Stockholm | Births, marriages and deaths 1920-1938 | FO 748 |
| Switzerland | Marriages 1816-1833 | FO 194/1 |
| Deaths 1831-1920 | RG 35/20-44 | |
| Geneva | Births 1850-1934; marriages 1850-1933; deaths 1850-1923 | FO 778/13-22 |
| Lausanne | Births 1886-1948; marriages 1887-1947; deaths 1887-1948 | FO 910/1-20 |
| Montreux | Births 1902-1939; marriages 1927-1933; deaths 1903-1941 | FO 911/1-3 |
| Syria | ||
| Aleppo | Baptisms and burials 1756-1800 | SP 110/70 |
| Damascus | Births, marriages and deaths 1932-1938 | FO 684/16-17 |
| Tahiti | ||
| Papeete | Births 1818-1941; marriages 1845-1941; deaths 1845-1936 | FO 687/22-23 |
| Raiatea | Births, marriages and deaths 1853-1890 | FO 687/34, 36-38 |
| Taiwan (Formosa)see China | ||
| Tristan da Cunha | Marriages 1871-1951; deaths 1892-1949 (Registers of births and baptisms, 1867-1955, were returned to Tristan da Cunha in 1982) | PRO 30/65 |
| Tunisia | ||
| Bizerta | Deaths 1898-1931 | FO 870/1 |
| Djerba | Deaths 1925 | FO 871/1 |
| Gabes | Deaths 1925 | FO 872/1 |
| Goletta | Births 1885-1888 | FO 878/1-2 |
| Monastir | Deaths 1905-1908 | FO 873/1 |
| Sfax | Deaths 1896-1931 | FO 874/1 |
| Susa (Sousse) | Deaths 1894-1931 | FO 875/1 |
| Turkey | Deaths 1831-1920 | RG 35/20-44 |
| Adana | Marriages 1913, 1942 and 1946 | FO 609/1-3 |
| Adrianople (Edirne) | Births 1888-1912; marriages 1887-1914 | FO 783/3-7 |
| Ankara and Konieh | Births 1895-1909 | FO 732/1 |
| Constantinople (Istanbul) | Marriages 1885-1958 | RG 33/154 |
| Constantinople (Istanbul) | Marriages 1895-1924 | FO 441/1-35 |
| Dardanelles | Births 1900-1914 | FO 733/1 |
| Smyrna (Izmir) | Baptisms, marriages and burials 1833-1849 | RG 33/155 |
| Trebizond | Registers of British subjects 1836-1913 | FO 526 |
| Uganda | Marriages 1904-1910 (partly indexed by RG 43/18) | RG 36 |
| United States of America | ||
| Florida, Pensacola | Births 1880-1901; deaths 1879-1905 | FO 885/1-2 |
| Hawaii see Hawaii | ||
| Louisiana, New Orleans | Births 1850-1932; marriages 1850-1881; deaths 1850-1932 | FO 581/15-19 |
| Massachusetts, Boston | Births 1871-1932; deaths 1902-1930 | FO 706/1-3 |
| Michigan, Detroit | Births 1910-1969; marriages 1936-1937; deaths 1931-1945, 1949-1968 | FO 700/44-53 |
| Minnesota, St Paul | Births 1943-1966; deaths 1944 | FO 700/71-74 |
| Missouri, Kansas City | Births 1904-1922, 1944-1966; marriages 1958-1961;deaths 1920-1926, 1943-1949, 1952-1965 | FO 700/54-60 |
| Nebraska, Omaha | Births 1906 | FO 700/61 |
| Ohio, Cincinnati | Births 1929, 1943-1948, 1951-1958; deaths 1947, 1950-1955 | FO 700/31-35 |
| Ohio, Cleveland | Births 1914-1930, 1944-1969; deaths 1948-1969 | FO 700/36-43 |
| Oregon, Portland | Births 1880-1926; deaths 1929 | FO 707/1-2 |
| Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh | Births 1954-1956 | FO 700/63 |
| Rhode Island, Providence | Births 1902-1930; deaths 1920 (date of registration) | FO 700/8-9 |
| Texas, Dallas | Births 1951-1954; deaths 1951 | FO 700/24-25 |
| Texas, El Paso | Births 1916-1930; deaths 1914-1926 | FO 700/26-27 |
| Texas, Galveston | Births 1838-1918; deaths 1850-1927 | FO 701/23-24 |
| Washington, Aberdeen | Births 1916; deaths 1914 | FO 700/22-23 |
| Washington, Tacoma | Births 1896-1921; deaths 1892-1907 | FO 700/20-21 |
| Venezuela | Marriages 1836-1838 | RG 33/155 |
| West Indies | ||
| Antigua | Baptisms and burials 1733-1734, 1738-1745; marriages 1745 | CO 152/21, 25 |
| Barbados | Baptisms and burials 1678-1679 | CO 1/44 |
| Cuba | Baptisms 1847-1848; marriages 1842-1849 | RG 33/155 |
| Curaçao | Births 1897-1966; marriages 1922-1929; deaths 1889-1965 | FO 907/1-32 |
| Danish (US) Virgin Islands | ||
| St Croix | Deaths 1849-1870 | RG 35/ 4 |
| St John | Deaths 1849-1872 | RG 35/4 |
| St Thomas | Deaths 1849-1870 | RG 35/4-7 |
| Dominica | ||
| Aux Caves | Births 1870-1905 | FO 376/1 |
| Aux Caves | Deaths 1870-1905 | FO 376/2 |
| Dominican Republic | Births 1868-1932; marriages 1921-1928: burials 1849-1910; deaths 1874-1889 | FO 683/2-6 |
| Guadeloupe | Deaths 1836-1871 | RG 35/16 |
| Guiana (Dutch) seeSurinam | ||
| Guyana (French) | Deaths 1836-1871 | RG 35/16 |
| Haiti | Births 1833-1850; marriages 1833-1893; deaths 1833-1850 | FO 866/14, 21-22 |
| Haiti | Births 1870-1907 | FO 376/1-2 |
| Haiti | Deaths 1836-1871 | RG 35/16 |
| Martinique | Deaths 1836-1871 | RG 35/16 |
| Montserrat | Baptisms and burials 1721-1729; marriages 1721-1729 | CO 152/18, 25 |
| Nevis | Baptisms and burials 1726-1727, 1733-1734, 1740-1745 | CO 152/16, 21, 25 |
| St Kitts | Baptisms and burials 1721-1730, 1733-1734, 1738-1745; marriages 1733-1734, 1738-1745 | CO 152/18, 21, 25 |
| Zanzibar | Births 1916-1918; marriages 1917-1919; deaths 1916-1919 | RG 36 |
