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→Accessing the above British Army Overseas Indexes
*[http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 Findmypast] (pay website) contains three separate Index databases called '''British Armed Forces and Overseas Births, Marriages, Deaths''', all of which contain overseas and some UK events, which include many of the British Army Overseas Indexes, (located within BMD). Some Royal Air Force index records are also included. (Note, "Overseas" was amalgamated into this database 2018/01.) There is a charge to search, however the findmypast records have the advantage that at least some (but not Index records) may indicate the relevant regiment. In addition, the database contains indexes for births in the U.K. and overseas, 1761-1924, taken from regimental registers, including births in India. The Armed Forces Deaths database also includes what may be called GRO War Deaths or GRO War Dead.<ref>War Deaths, including World Wars I and II, and the Boer War. [http://web.archive.org/web/20051223043104/www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/research/searchingforoverseasrecords/index.asp Searching for overseas records] GRO, now an archived web page.</ref> As noted above, WO97 records are also available.
:[https://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/world-records/full-list-of-united-kingdom-records/life-events-bmds Findmypast article] Scroll down the left side to GRO to see the many GRO Indexes included in the findmypast databases. Note, it does '''not''' seem possible to browse through an Index on findmypast.
*The AIGS (Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies, or Family History Connections) library in Melbourne Victoria has reference to a book [GRO] ''Overseas indexes: war deaths in the Indian Services, 1914-1921'', also referred to as "GRO War Deaths Indian Services, Deaths 1914-1921". The index for this dataset is also briefly mentioned in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20070221104808/http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc/pdfs/british_in_india.pdf Fact Sheet: The British in India] from the now closed [[Family Records Centre]], so now would be available at the National Archives. The AIGS (Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies, or Family History Connections) library in Melbourne Victoria has reference to this index as a book in its collection. This database is '''not''' included in either Familyrelatives.com, or findmypast.
*'''If you have found an index reference and you then want to order a certificate, this can be done [http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates online from the GRO]'''. (A charge applies). In the past the certificate has been a transcript, not a copy of the original document, and this is believed to be the current situation.
*:'''Note''':
*:*If you do not supply the GRO Index reference, the certificate will cost more as there is an additional search fee, and it may take longer to be sent.
*:*If a record is available both in the India Office Church record series on [[findmypast]] and in the GRO records, the latter may contain more information, at least for some time periods. By way of example, in 1903 the additional information available for a marriage record was the nationalities of the groom and bride, and the occupations of the fathers of the groom and bride.
*:*The GRO certificates for War Deaths only contain limited information, which is taken from Army records, and an example shows it shows only the general terminology "killed in action".<ref>Ellis1918. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.com/forumsorg/topic/253019-death-certs/?do=findComment&comment=2558394 Death certs?] Great War Forum 27 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 201724 July 2019.</ref>
*FamilySearch microfilm/microfiche records relating to various Indexes mentioned above, with [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3ANational%20%2Bkeywords%3AStatist catalogue entry] by keyword search National Statist. These records are expected to be digitised in time. See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for more details.
