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General Register Office (GRO) overseas indexes

The following General Register Office (GRO) overseas indexes are available to view here on microfiche:

Overseas indexes by set

Microfiche set Title Date coverage
1 Army Chaplains death 1796 to 1900
- Army deaths 1901 to 1965
2 Consular deaths 1849 to 1965
3 Deaths abroad 1966 to 2018
4 War deaths - Army other ranks 1914 to 1921
5 War deaths - Army Officers 1914 to 1921
6 War deaths - Navy all ranks 1914 to 1921
7 War deaths - Army other ranks 1939 to 1948
8 War deaths - Army Officers 1939 to 1948
9 War deaths - Naval ratings 1939 to 1948
10 War deaths - Naval Officers 1939 to 1948
11 War deaths - RAF all ranks 1939 to 1948
12 War deaths - Indian services 1939 to 1948
13 Marine deaths 1837 to 1965
14 Marine births 1837 to 1965
15 Air deaths and missing persons 1947 to 1965
16 High Commission deaths up to 1955
- High Commission deaths 1956 to 1965
17 Natal and South African forces deaths 1899 to 1902
18 Army Chaplains births 1796 to 1886
- Army births 1887 to 1965
19 Consular births 1849 to 1965
20 UK High Commission births up to 1855
- UK High Commission births 1855 to 1965
21 Births abroad 1966 to 2018
22 Regimental births 1761 to 1924
23 Ionian Islands - military births 1818 to 1964
- Ionian Islands - military marriages 1818 to 1964
- Ionian Islands - military deaths 1818 to 1964
- Ionian Islands - civil births 1818 to 1964
- Ionian Islands - civil marriages 1818 to 1964
- Ionian Islands - civil deaths 1818 to 1964
- Ionian Islands - Chaplains births 1818 to 1964
- Ionian Islands - Chaplains marriages 1818 to 1964
- Ionian Islands - Chaplains deaths 1818 to 1964
24 Chaplains marriages 1796 to 1965
25 Consular marriages 1849 to 1965
26 UK High Commission marriages 1950 to 1965
- Article 6/Article 18 marriages up to 1955
- Article 6/Article 18 marriages 1956 to 1965
- Marriages abroad 1966 to 2018
27 Army marriages within British lines 1914 to 1950
- Article 6/Article 18 marriages 1955 to 1965
28 List of Army registers -
29 Overseas civil partnerships 2005 to 2014, 2016 to 2018

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