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*See [[General Register Office]], UK
*There was Civil Registration in Hong Kong, refer External links below. There are no records before 1873.
*FamilySearch Catalog for microfilm/digitised microfilm records includes
:"Births, deaths, marriages from Canton and Hong Kong newspapers, arranged chronologically, 1828-1862" [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/567153 catalogue entry] microfilm 1208508 which has been digitised and may be viewed on your home computer.
:Search the [https://familysearch.org/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog] for additional catalogue entries, for example by using keywords Hong Kong, and filtering by English language. Also see [[FamilySearch Centres]] for changes involving microfilms.
*Refer online Hong Kong newspapers, see below, for birth, marriage and death notices.
*''British and Indian Armies on the China Coast 1785-1985'' by Alan Harfield 1990 is available at the [[British Library]]. Includes lists such as “List of Known Recipients of the Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894” and “List of Officers who served with the Hong Kong Regiment 1892-1902”. This [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.people.ex-forces/v3LqubdrU1k link] lists some “Military Commanders of Hong Kong and China” from the book (pages 483-484).
*See Hong Kong Government Reports Online, below. A researcher advised that he found details of a relative who worked for the Hong Kong lighthouse service in these online government publications.<ref> Who Do You Think You Are? Forum thread [http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/forum/topic10068.html Lighthouse keeper in the dark]</ref>
