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**[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.
**: Editions of the ''Cyprus Gazette'' and the ''Cyprus Blue Book'' appear to be available online from [http://cypruslibrary.moec.gov.cy/kyvernitikes_ekdoseis.html cypruslibrary.moec.gov.cy] Ministry of Education and Culture, although a sample download was so slow to load that the attempt was terminated.
**: Editions of the ''Cyprus Blue Book'' are available online at Archive.org, see Historical Books online below.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20080618001704/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/chapters/index.php?cat=1&country=23 Government Records of Britons in Egypt]. Egypt was part of the Empire between 1914 and 1922.
:These pages c 2008 are from the archived website “Empire’s Children”, a website connected with the 2007 Channel 4 television series of the same name. Note, some of the information may now be outdated. Many of the internal links have not been archived.
*[https://archive.org/details/tracingyourances0000unse/page/64/mode/2up "Births, marriages and deaths of Britons overseas and at sea"] Chapter 4, page 65 and [https://archive.org/details/tracingyourances0000unse/page/153/mode/2up "Britons abroad: in foreign countries and in the Empire"] Chapter 13 page 153 ''Tracing your ancestors in the Public Record Office'' by Amanda Bevan, Sixth Edition 2002, published by the (now) National Archives. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. There was a 7th edition published in 2006 ''Tracing your ancestors in the National Archives''.
:Includes [https://archive.org/details/tracingyourances0000unse/page/74/mode/2up Section 4.15 "Tables of overseas birth, marriage and death records in the PRO" [TNA<nowiki>]</nowiki> [by country<nowiki>]</nowiki>] page 74. By looking at the constituent records for the Findmypast and Ancestry databases above, you can determine whether the records of interest to you are available online.
*''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. [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.
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