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*See [[General Register Office]] for births, marriages and deaths.
*[[London Metropolitan Archives]] has a catalogue reference [http://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail/REFD+DL~2FE~2FE~2F065~2FMS11221?SESSIONSEARCH DL/E/E/065/MS11221] Certificates and Copy Certificates of Marriages at St. Peter's Church, Basra. 1922-8
*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 "Near East: St Peter's Bazra, 1943-1966 (MSS.2505-7, 2675); Mesopotamia, (now Iraq) 1883-1966 (MSS.2669-76); St George's Baghdad (MS.3979)".<ref>Page 6 of [https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/sites/default/files/family_history.pdf "Lambeth Palace Library Research Guide Sources for Family History and Genealogy"] lambethpalacelibrary.org.</ref>*The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA Archive]] at the British Library Mss F370 has item 825 Iraq, content not known but possibly about the cemeteries rather than records.
**Baghdad, civil cemetery: 1886-1980
**Abadan, St Christopher's
*A search for Baghdad in the [http://s10312uk.eos-intl.eu/S10312UK/OPAC/Index.aspx online Catalogue] of the [[Society of Genealogists|Society of Genealogists, London]] gives the following entry:
**''Baghdad (Civil cemetery) : MIs: Asia monumental inscriptions, vol. 1'' by Andrew Peake (8 pages, typescript)
::The FamilySearch Library catalogue has an [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/724202 entry] for this typescript. However it appears to be only available at the Library in Salt Lake City, (and is noted to be unavailable at 2020/0205). The book has also been digitised but shows as "Protected" status ("Due to copyright restrictions, this book cannot be viewed online"), [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/642425-baghdad-civil-cemetery-iraq catalogue entry] FamilySearch Digital Library. The Digital Library is Searchable.
:A search for Persian Gulf in the SoG catalogue includes the following entry:
:*Persian Gulf (& surrounds) : ''MIs: An Indian miscellany, consisting of genealogical & biographical notes & lists of monumental inscriptions'' by H Bullock and H K Percy-Smith 1941-44
