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These non statutory return records are available on the pay site Ancestry in the dataset [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1993 UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1627-1965] RG 32-36. You can also access the RG 32-36 records on [http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk BMD Registers] , (free search but pay to view) which is run by [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk TheGenealogist.co.uk], a pay website, where the records are also available as a subset of “Births, Marriages and Deaths”
[[Findmypast]] (pay to search) has what appear to be the '''indexes''' from RG 43, including indexes for Consular Returns which are Statutory Returns, together with other indexes in respect of military overseas BMD. The findmypast datasets are now incorporated into datasets called British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths (3 datasets).<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms]; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages]; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] findmypastFindmypast.</ref> (Previously there were two separate series titled British Nationals Born Overseas, Married Overseas, Died Overseas), (3 datasets), and British Nationals Armed Forces Births, Marriages, Deaths, (3 datasets), change introduced 2018/01). There is also a fourth dataset "British Armed Forces and Overseas Browse" <ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-browse British Armed Forces and Overseas Browse] Findmypast.</ref> where some, but not all record sets may be browsed.
FamilyRelatives.com has free Overseas Indexes, including indexes for Consular Returns, and in respect of military overseas BMD. These are viewable, not searchable images, refer [[Chaplains Returns]] for details.
:Most of these records will also be found in the records available from the General Register Office, described above. There are, however, some registers at Kew from which the entries were not transmitted to the Registrar General.<ref name=FSW/>
:There are however, FO records such as cemetery files, which may not be available elsewhere.
:Index records (with the possibility that some records may include an image) from some of the National Archives FO series are available in the '''findmypast Findmypast datasets described above''', including some cemetery files.
:'''Update''': In April 2016, Ancestry introduced the database [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60911 UK, Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths From British Consulates, 1810-1968] consisting of various Foreign Office records. This database consists of a selection of specified Consular returns, not all Consular Returns.
*There are some records in the series WO 156 "War Office: UK and overseas garrisons: Registers of Baptisms, Confirmations, Deaths/Burials, and Marriage".
