Indexes for English and Welsh births, marriages and deaths abroad are available at the The National Archives. They include Armed Services registers of births, marriages and deaths overseas.

Some records of births, marriages and deaths overseas from 1627 to 1969 are in RG 32 (indexed by RG 43).

From 1627, church registers were often returned to the Bishop of London.

Some of these are now in The National Archives, but more are held at the Guildhall Library.

More information concerning specific overseas locations