British Abroad, British Abroad : All Classifications
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| Classification: | GRO BMD, Births, Deaths, Marriages, National, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates - BMD Index |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Complete GRO indexes online & Non-Parochial BMDs service. Includes overseas BMD's for armed forces. |
| Extra Info: | Includes Pre-1837 Non-Conformist BMDs |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Obituaries, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976  |
| Link: | Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 : Free Index |
| Description: | Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 |
| Extra Info: | Features a collection of notices from newspapers and various official sources, such as the London Gazette. Approximately 250,000 cards include announcements of births, marriages, obituaries, and deaths abroad; notices of wills etc. |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia |
| Link: | http://www.bacsa.org.uk/ |
| Description: | British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia |
| Extra Info: | Click on BACSA projects for some transcriptions. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | British Guiana Colonists |
| Link: | http://www.vc.id.au/tb/ |
| Description: | British Guiana Colonists |
| Extra Info: | Appears to be quite a few people from Liverpool. Scroll down for the index. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages |
| Title: | British India Family History |
| Link: | http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/ |
| Description: | British India Family History |
| Extra Info: | Includes extracts from the 1851 census in Bombay listing Europeans. |
| Classification: | Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
| Link: | http://patbrit.org/ |
| Description: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay |
| Link: | http://www.argbrit.org/ |
| Description: | British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay |
| Extra Info: | Many of the marriage records indicate place of birth. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Brits in South America Database |
| Link: | http://www.bisa.btinternet.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Brits in South America Database |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Diocese of London Consistory Court Wills Index |
| Link: | http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Se... |
| Description: | Diocese of London Consistory Court Wills Index, 1514-1858 |
| Extra Info: | Scroll down the page for index.This index contains 31,000 entries of wills and letters of administration, compiled from the London Diocesan Court registers,1514-1858. Some people from the East India Company. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 Vol 3  |
| Link: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 Volume 3 |
| Description: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 Volume 3 |
| Extra Info: | This volume has been compiled from Scottish newspapers and magazines. Mainly birth, marriage and death announcements. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 Vol 4  |
| Link: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 Volume 4 |
| Description: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 Volume 4 |
| Extra Info: | This volume is compiled from the Scots who died in North America, but whom, instead of registering their testaments in Edinburgh, registered them with the prerogative court in Canterbury. |
| Classification: | Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Families in British India Society |
| Link: | http://www.new.fibis.org/ |
| Description: | Families in British India Society |
| Extra Info: | FIbiWiki section contains most of the information. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | India Office Family History |
| Link: | http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ |
| Description: | India Office Family History |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations |
| Title: | Indian Cemeteries |
| Link: | http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/ |
| Description: | Indian Cemeteries |
| Extra Info: | Preserving the memory of historic cemeteries in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Burma. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Malta Family History |
| Link: | http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/ |
| Description: | Malta Family History |
| Extra Info: | British men and women who were born, married or died in Malta. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Documents Online - Navy Records and Indexes |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline... |
| Description: | National Archives - Documents Online - Navy Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills of Royal Navy Seamen 1786 -1882. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Documents Online - Wills and Death Duties Records and Indexes |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline... |
| Description: | National Archives - Documents Online - Wills and Death Duties Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1384-1858, death duty registers 1796-1811 and wills of Royal Navy seamen 1786-1882. |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), USA |
| Link: | http://aad.archives.gov/aad/ |
| Description: | National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), USA |
| Extra Info: | Includes some British deaths in the mortuary registers under the 'civilians' heading. |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register  |
| Link: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 |
| Description: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 |
| Extra Info: | Includes name, age, transport ship, date of burial and comments. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | New Zealand Archives |
| Link: | http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ |
| Description: | New Zealand Archives |
| Extra Info: | Includes references to probate records for UK citizens. |
| Classification: | Obituaries, National |
| Title: | NewspaperArchive.com |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | NewspaperARCHIVE.com is the world's largest online newspaper archive |
| Extra Info: | Pay per view site, click on browse newspapers then UK map to see which newspapers and publications are included. |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations |
| Title: | Old Cemeteries of Victoria, British Columbia |
| Link: | http://www.oldcem.bc.ca/ |
| Description: | Old Cemeteries of Victoria, British Columbia |
| Extra Info: | Includes a name search for the Old Burying Ground (Pioneer Square) with some British mentioned. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Parish Records |
| Title: | Prince Edward Island Register |
| Link: | http://www.islandregister.com/ |
| Description: | Prince Edward Island Register |
| Extra Info: | Includes a Belfast scrapbook with baptisms, natives of the Isle of Mull, some Devon parish records and much more. Quickest way to find these is to use the search facility. |
| Classification: | Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Scots in Argentina |
| Link: | http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/scotsinargpat/ |
| Description: | Scots in Argentina 1800-1932, Including the Argentine and Chilean Patagonia |
| Extra Info: | May not work with all browsers. |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations |
| Title: | Society for Irish Latin American Studies |
| Link: | http://www.irlandeses.org/ |
| Description: | Society for Irish Latin American Studies |
| Extra Info: | Includes Irish buried in Argentina. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | The National Archives DocumentsOnline Seamen's wills |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline... |
| Description: | Wills of Royal Naval Seamen (1786 - 1882) |
| Extra Info: | Search and download the wills of around 35,000 men who joined the Royal Navy between 1786 and 1882 |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | The Roll of Honour |
| Link: | http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ |
| Description: | The Roll of Honour - Lest We Forget |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
| Link: | http://www.powtaiwan.org/ |
| Description: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Link: | http://www.trentu.ca/admin/library/archives/titles... |
| Description: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Extra Info: | Searchable archives for historic materials generally relating to Peterborough and the surrounding counties of Victoria, Haliburton, Hastings, Northumberland and Durham in Canada. Includes many born in the UK and Ireland.. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | UK National Inventory of War Memorials |
| Link: | http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/ |
| Extra Info: | This site does not list every person mentioned on the memorials, however it does list individual memorials with details and sometimes photographs. |
| Classification: | Census |
| Title: | US Censuses Online 1790-1930 |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/us_census |
| Description: | US Censuses Online 1790-1930 |
| Extra Info: | Scanned copies of the census microfilm. Free to use via Internet Archive. Unfortunately there do not appear to be any indexes. The returns are broken down into state,county and enumeration districts. |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | US National Archives |
| Link: | http://www.archives.gov/ |
| Extra Info: | Click on start your research, then access to archival databases(AAD). Includes Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Death Records, 1906 - 1991, with English, England, Wales, British, Britain, Scotland, Ireland listed as nationalities. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Link: | http://www.waymarking.com/ |
| Description: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Extra Info: | Pictures of all types of interesting places and features including memorials, easy to search. |
| Classification: | Certificate Ordering - Local BMD, Certificate Ordering - GRO BMD |
| Title: | Antony Lambert's C5D (Certificates in 5 Days) |
| Link: | http://www.c5d.co.uk/ |
| Description: | C5D (Certificates in 5 Days) from Antony Lambert |
| Extra Info: | Certificate ordering for copy certificates for both local register office and GRO. |
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