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The indexes in respect of the overseas registrations are most commonly called the '''British Army Overseas Indexes'''. Note that if a soldier died on a troopship there may be a record in the '''GRO Marine Deaths''' indexes, (some of which were noted to be handwritten, so subject to transcription error) or births may appear in the GRO Marine Births indexes. ''' Most of the indexes are available online, see below'''.
All the records covered by the GRO Indexes, which are classified as Statutory Returns, '''may not include records of persons originating from Scotland and Ireland''', and records must be looked for in Scotland and Ireland including online sources. For more details, see the FamilySearch Wiki article below.
Note that if a record is available both in the India Office [[Church records]] (now available on findmypast (pay website)) and in the General Register Office records, the latter may contain more information, at least for some time periods. By way of example, in 1903 the additional information available for a marriage record was the nationalities of the groom and bride, and the occupations of the fathers of the groom and bride.
