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*[https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp Order a certificate online] from the GRO. This is the only GRO website. Once you are logged in, it is now (introduced November 2016) possible to search for GRO Historic Birth and Death Index References through the website. "... the new GRO indexes enable researchers to click through from their findings and make purchases on the same platform. Crucially, the birth index also provides mothers’ maiden names for the full range of entries. In other online indexes, it is only possible for researchers see these details for births registered from July 1911 onwards.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200720071408/http://cdn.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/gro-launches-new-digital-services "GRO launches new digital services"] by jonbauckham, 4 November 2016 whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com, now archived.</ref>

: '''Note''': If you do not supply the GRO Index Reference, the certificate will cost more, and may take longer to be sent. The cheaper PDF format is not available for Forces or Overseas Records, or UK marriages.

*[https://www.gov.uk/general-register-office Contact details for the GRO] on Gov.uk, including email address for queries about certificates and advice to include ‘GQ’ in the subject of your email.

:Additional email address for "General Register Office Enquiry" current 2020/06 <nowiki>grofirstpointofcontact@gro.gov.uk</nowiki>

*Egypt had compulsory civil registration for births and deaths from 1912 for all, including foreigners. <ref> [https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/isp/013_the_develop_of_the_vital_stat_system_in_egypt.pdf "The Development of the Vital Statistics System in Egypt"] by Gamal Askar January 1981.</ref> [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Egypt_Genealogy Egypt Genealogy] FamilySearch Wiki.

:Also see a reference to Egyptian Garrisons, on the Fibiwiki page [[Chaplains Returns]], in a description of records from Regimental Registers which have never been indexed.

:[http://egypt.gov.eg/English/Home.aspx Egyptian Government Website] (English Language version)

:*Electronic Services/Subjects/ Personal document services. Note however the links within the latter are not "active", they do not lead anywhere (at 2020/08/22). Elsewhere it has been stated that the application for BMDs is in Arabic. Perhaps you could contact your Embassy for advice.

*Links to FamilySearch page [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927185?region=Malta Indexed Historical Records: Malta] and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=103&query=%2Bplace%3AMalta%20%2Bavailability%3AOnline catalogue entries] for microfilms and digitised microfilms relating to Malta, some available on your home computer. Also [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2822596 additional microfilms for Gozo], not currently included in the Search result. You must be signed in to FamilySearch to view records.

*Gibraltar

*:FamilySearch has some Civil registration digitised images, see below in the Family Search item.

**[https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/new/civil-status-registration-office Civil Status and Registration Office, Government of Gibraltar]

**[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1926984?region=Gibraltar Indexed Historical Records: Gibraltar]. FamilySearch. You must be signed in to FamilySearch to view records. In addition, or possibly included in the previous group of indexed records, [[IGI|FamilySearch]] has a catalogue entry [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/440722 Civil registration, 1848-1990] from the "Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths in Gibraltar" , with most of the records viewable on your home computer. Includes Card Indexes. Also a catalogue entry [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/112535 Anglican Chaplaincy, Gibraltar, christenings, 1807- 1812 Microfilm 883701] and a similar entry for marriages. These records have been transcribed and may be browsed by using “Batch Number” C-89999-1 and M-89999-1 in the “Search Historical Records” on the FamilySearch website. In addition there are some [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770864 Gibraltar Baptisms 1704- 1876] index records, at least some/(all?) of which are Roman Catholic records transcribed from microfilm 1729828. Also [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770887 Gibraltar Marriages, 1879-1918] index records, at least some/(all?) of which are Roman Catholic records transcribed from microfilm 1738755. There are also microfilms for Roman Catholic records available for additional periods, and also for burials, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/459422 catalogue entry].

*:See the Fibiwiki page [[FamilySearch Centres]] for information about microfilms and digitised microfilms.

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080915122721/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/index.php?cat=1 Trace and tell your family’s Empire stories] with links to pages "Government Records of Britons in … " including

**[https://web.archive.org/web/20080618001654/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/chapters/index.php?cat=1&country=21 Government Records of Britons in Cyprus], Cyprus was part of the Empire between 1878 and 1960. Includes reference to ''Cyprus Gazettes'' dating from 1878-1965 in the National Archives, Kew reference series CO 70.

*Article [https://anthonyjcamp.com/pages/general-register-office "General Register Office. Facing the Future: the challenge of the Citizen’s Charter for the Registration Service"]. A talk to a conference of Registration Service officers on what genealogists want from the service and whether more open access to the records is possible without new legislation, by Anthony J. Camp, Chester, 11 February 1993, published in ''Genealogists’ Magazine'', December 1993. anthonyjcamp.com

===Historical books online===

*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/637380-the-msida-bastion-cemetery-malta-a-brief-history-of-the-msida-bastion-cemetery-and-the-research-conducted-by-r-g-kirkparick ''The Msida Bastion cemetery , Malta : a brief history of the Msida Bastion cemetery and the research conducted by R. G. Kirkpatrick''] prepared and edited by James Cannon 1990. Includes military and seamen records. FamilySearch Digital Library. You need to sign in to FS to view the book.

*Comments about [https://archive.org/details/registrumecclesi00burnrich/page/240 "The registers of Persons Baptised etc Abroad: [mainly Europe<nowiki>]</nowiki>"] page 240 ''Registrum ecclesiae parochialis : the history of parish registers in England : also of the registers of Scotland, Ireland, the East and West Indies...'' by John Southerden Burn 2nd edition 1862 Archive.org.

*''Blue Books'' were produced by the Government of British colonies for the Colonial Office in London. Generally they included a Civil List which was a list of all Government employees, which could include detailed information, although in some countries such as Ceylon the Civil List was issued as a separate publication. [https://archive.org/details/colonial-office-gb-publications?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Blue+Book%22&sort=titleSorter Books classified as ''Blue Book''] from [https://archive.org/details/colonial-office-gb-publications?sort=titleSorter Colonial Office (Great Britain) publications] Collection, Archive.org. Listed alphabetically by title, which could vary over time for a particular colony. In addition, there may be other volumes available at Archive org, additional to this collection. Includes publications from [[East Africa|Africa]], Cyprus, Gibraltar, [[Hong Kong]], Malta, [[Singapore]] and [[West Indies]], but not Egypt.

*[https://archive.org/details/20thc-impressions-of-egypt/page/n9/mode/2up ''Twentieth Century Impressions of Egypt. Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources''] by Arnold Wright and H. A. Cartwright 1909. [https://archive.org/details/20thc-impressions-of-egypt/page/n18/mode/1up Contents] Archive.org.

*[https://archive.org/details/talesfromparadis0000knox/mode/2up ''Tales from Paradise : memories of the British in the South Pacific''] by June Knox-Mawer 1986. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library