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==Other sources==
*England and Wales census records. See [[Census]] and [[British Army#Other Sources|British Army Records]]
*FamilySearch contains a database "World Miscellaneous", for details see [[IGI]], in addition to records for individual countries, including many digitised microfilms only viewable as images. See There is also a [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801 Find A Grave Index] collection, and a [IGI]https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2026973 BillionGraves Index]collection on FamilySearch. You must be signed in to FamilySearch to view records.
*See [[Society of Genealogists]] for overseas records from various sources. An archived webpage c March 2013 lists some of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130328033341/http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/overseas.shtml Overseas] records which were held at that time. Search the online catalogue for current holdings.
*Ancestry database "England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976",<ref>[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1897 "England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976"] Ancestry database.</ref> part of Newspapers and Periodicals. Original data from the Andrews Collection. Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, Kent, England. Includes overseas information including BMDs and filings under the Colonial Probates Act of 1892 (which recognized probates from courts in British possessions).
:[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/catalog/?limitToCountry=0 Ancestry Card Catalogue of all Record Databases] (located as an option under the Search tab). Search by name of country.
*[[Findmypast]]. Under the tab "Search records" is a category [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/historical-records?SearchedRecordsetRegion=World&sourceID=13&utm_source=affiliate&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wiki.fibis.org&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=%20fmp_uk&awc=2114 "A-Z of record sets"] which is a listing of all the record databases.
*Birth, marriage and death notices in Newspapers and Journals. See [[Newspapers and journals online]] and links included on that page. including [[Newspapers]]. An example is ''The London and China Telegraph'', published in London, available online from 1860 to 1875, which included notices in respect of China, and the general area east of India, but a few deaths were noticed for India, and one noticed for Alexandria.
*The [https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org Lambeth Palace Library, London], the principal repository of the documentary history of the Church of England, holds some limited overseas registers and transcripts including Mesopotamia (Iraq), Sudan, China as set out on pages 5-6 of [https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/sites/default/files/family_history.pdf "Lambeth Palace Library Research Guide Sources for Family History and Genealogy"]. Some/all? the records for [[China]] are available on FamilySearch microfilm, catalogue entries [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/76774 A], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/76759 B] and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/76781 C], however only the first is available as digitised microfilm (restricted to [[FamilySearch Centres]] and FS affiliate libraries) and the other two must be viewed as microfilm, either at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and the second, the film in B, is also noted to be available at the [[Society of Genealogists]] in London, although this information is somewhat hidden in the FS catalogue (When commencing to Search, unclick Online, then select Family History Center, and from the drop down menu underneath select Society of Genealogists).
