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'''and some other sources of records from abroad.'''
Registration of births, marriage and deaths in England started in 1837. Copies of certificates can be obtained from the '''General Register Office (GRO)'''. It was not compulsory to register a birth, marriage or death with the British authorities whilst you were abroad, but if the event was registered, then a certificate can be obtained from the GRO.
==Military Overseas records for BMD==
See [[Chaplains Returns]].
==London Metropolitan Archives==
Another source for overseas records, but not part of the National Archives, is the London Metropolitan Archives which contains some overseas records previously held at the Guildhall Library. These records are explained in the FamilySearch Wiki article, "British Births, Marriages and Deaths Overseas", refer [[General Register Office# External links| External links below]].
Some of these records are available on [[LDS]] microfilm <ref>LDS Microfilm catalogue entry [https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=268289&disp=Original+certificates+of+baptisms+and+ma%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Original certificates of baptisms and marriages of British subjects abroad, solemnized or registered at diplomatic representations]</ref>
Note, some records from the London Metropolitan Archives are available on the pay website Ancestry, but not currently (March 2014) the overseas records. It is not known whether these overseas records will be digitized in the future. Also it is not known whether any of these LDS microfilms have been transcribed.
== England and Wales census records==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Register_Office GRO] Wikipedia
*This [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/civilreg.html link] by Louis R Mills is about civil registration in England, which commenced in 1837 and became compulsory in 1875
*[http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/British_Births,_Marriages_and_Deaths_Overseas British Births, Marriages and Deaths Overseas] Family Search Wiki
*[http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/overseas.htm Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section: Leaflet Guides to Records: Births, Marriages And Deaths Overseas] Note these records were subsequently transferred to the London Metropolitan Archives.
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