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:'''Update''': In April 2016, '''Ancestry''' introduced the database [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60911 '''UK, Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths From British Consulates, 1810-1968'''] consisting of various Foreign Office records. This database includes '''images''' and consists of a selection of specified Consular returns, not all Consular Returns. Full details of the records included may be accessed under "Browse this collection" on the Ancestry webpage.
:[[FamilySearch]] has many digitised microfilms of Foreign Office Consulate records with most viewable at FamilySearch Centres, and some also additionally viewable at FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries, with however some not viewable at all. These are generally catalogued under individual countries, not as one collection. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AGreat%20%2Bkeywords%3ABritain%20%2Bkeywords%3AConsulate&page=1&availability=Online Catalogue entries] using keywords Great Britain Consulate, and, with some overlap, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AGreat%20%2Bkeywords%3ABritain%20%2Bkeywords%3AForeign%20%2Bkeywords%3AOffice%20%2Bavailability%3AOnline catalogue entries] using keywords Great Britain Foreign Office, the later including [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/708919 catalogue entry] for "Marriages for British citizens abroad, 1814-1905". See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for access information.
:There are some Foreign Office Records at the National Archives Kew, exact contents unknown but catalogued as FO 141/463/1 British marriages in Egypt. Part 1. 1915-1928 and FO 141/463/2 British marriages in Egypt. Part 2. 1928-1929. It is not clear whether these are considered to be Consular Returns, as for some of this period Egypt was under British control. There may be other relevant Foreign Office files.
*There are some records in the military series WO 156 "War Office: UK and overseas garrisons: Registers of Baptisms, Confirmations, Deaths/Burials, and Marriage".
**Some of the Registers of burials, described as "Selected pieces from the National Archives WO 156/103-122'" have been digitised and are available on the pay website "deceased online", refer below.
**Index records (with the possibility that some records may include an image) from some of the National Archives series WO 156 are available in the [[Findmypast]] datasets described above. The overseas records appear to be WO 156/106 Cyprus burials; WO 107-110 Egypt burials; WO 156/111-117, 121-122 Malta burials; WO 156/119 Singapore burials; WO 156/594-595 Malta baptisms & marriages; WO 156/596-598 Malta baptisms.
*At The National Archives, AIR 82 RAF Chaplaincy Board: Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers contains at least some records relating to overseas including Egypt, such as AIR 82/3 Register of baptisms: RAF Abu Seuir, Egypt 1924 Jul 31 - 1955 Oct 2; AIR 82/559 Register of graves: 4 Flying Training School, Ismailia, and RAF Abu Sueir, Egypt 1922 Jun 17 - 1951 Nov 30; AIR 82/560 Register of marriages: Abu Sueir, Egypt, and Nicosia, Cyprus 1936 Dec 09 - 1973 Nov 24. There may be other relevant TNO files.*TNA record series [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C435 Division within CO Government gazettes from the colonies] 1794-1990. Also includes mandated territories such as Iraq, CO 813 1921-1955, and Palestine, CO 742 1919-1948, although Egypt is not included. These Government Gazettes, known as ''Blue Books'' often contained occupational details, although sometimes a ''Civil List'' was issued as a separate publication. As an example see [[Hong Kong]] or [[Ceylon]] where some of these publications are available online, and the [https://archive.org/details/colonial-office-gb-publications?sort=-publicdate Colonial Office (Great Britain) publications] Collection at Archive.org also includes some online ''Blue Book'' editions.
==Military Overseas records for BMD==
