London Metropolitan Archives

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The London Metropolitan Archives contains some overseas records previously held at the Guildhall Library. These records are explained in the FamilySearch Wiki article, "British Births, Marriages and Deaths Overseas", refer External links below.

See catalogue references DL/E/A to DL/E/E for papers relating to the Diocese of London Overseas Jurisdiction; CLC/318 for the Diocese in Europe and CLC/319 for the Diocese of Gibraltar. The transcripts of some of the church records are held in Overseas Jurisdiction: Register Transcripts Reference Code: DL/E/E from Collection: Diocese Of London. Click on “Level Down” at the foot of the page for individual items. However, some church records are recorded outside this classification, e.g. for Malta. Examples of records held are:

  • DL/E/E/056/MS11215A Transcripts of Baptisms 1875-8 and Marriages 1877 at The Mission Chapel, Julfa, Persia.
  • DL/E/E/059/MS11218 Transcripts of baptisms 1820-38, marriages 1822-38 and burials 1821-38 at Macao, and burials 1820-4 at Whampoa (registered at Macao), with certificates of marriages at the China Inland Mission at Wanhsien 1934, and Chengtu 1935

Some overseas records from the LMA are available on LDS microfilm [1]

Note, some records from the London Metropolitan Archives are available on the pay website Ancestry, but not currently (March 2014) the overseas records.

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References

  1. LDS Microfilm catalogue entry Foreign registers, 1785-1891; index, 1816-1865. Also Original certificates of baptisms and marriages of British subjects abroad, solemnized or registered at diplomatic representations The latter is stated to be microfilms of original records at the Guildhall Library. However, as the Foreign Office is also noted as an author, these records are perhaps included in those available at the General Register Office