Burial, cremations and death indexes are the records that help you establish the date of death of an individual. Prior to the start of civil registration there were only parish records. For dates after the start of civil registration it is often worth tracking down both a death registration and the burial record as they both contain useful information.
| 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: | Deaths |
| Title: | Archives - USA - National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), USA |
| Link: | https://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: | Burial Plots, Deaths |
| Title: | Association Maurice Archives |
| Link: | http://www.amamu.org |
| Description: | Mauritius and other territories of the Indian Ocean |
| Extra Info: | Emigrated to Mauritius and other Inidian territories? Check here for their records. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | British Guiana Colonists |
| Link: | https://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: | GRO BMD, Burials / Cremations, Deaths |
| Title: | British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials |
| Link: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials |
| Description: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials |
| Classification: | Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
| Link: | https://patbrit.org/ |
| Description: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
| Extra Info: | A wealth of information about those British who settled in here. |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | China Familes - Families Living and Working in China |
| Link: | https://www.chinafamilies.net/ |
| Description: | China Familes - Families of All Nationalities who Lived, Worked and Died in China 1850-1940 |
| Extra Info: | Click on Records to see the databases that are currently included. Currently over 50,000 names can be searched. |
| Classification: | Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Chronicle Barbados |
| Link: | http://sites.rootsweb.com/~brbwgw/ |
| Description: | Centre for Barbados Studies in History and Genealogy |
| Extra Info: | Emigrated to Barbados? Check here for their records. |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | Convict Death Register - New South Wales, Australia |
| 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: | Deaths |
| Title: | East India Company Register and Army List 1845 |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/eastindiaregist00britgo... |
| Description: | East India Company Register and Army List 1845 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes some deaths. |
| Classification: | Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Families in British India Society |
| Link: | https://www.fibis.org |
| Description: | Families in British India Society |
| Extra Info: | The Fibis database and FIbiWiki sections appear to contain most of the information. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths |
| Title: | Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/agenealogicalre02farmgo... |
| Description: | Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes family details and for many details of their origin. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Births, Deaths |
| Title: | General Register Office - Search the GRO Online Index |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Search Births and Deaths held at the General Register Office. |
| Extra Info: | Includes mother's maiden name for births and age at death in early records. You will need to register, for free, prior to first use. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | India Office Family History |
| Link: | https://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ |
| Description: | India Office Family History |
| Extra Info: | Births, marriages, deaths, biographical information and more. |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | Irish Emigration to New England |
| Link: | Irish Emigration to New England |
| Description: | Irish Emigration to New England through the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1841 to 1849 |
| Extra Info: | Includes emigrant deaths. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Malta Family History |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180722210453/http://... |
| Description: | Malta Family History |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. The indexes still seems to be available. British men and women who were born, married or died in Malta. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online |
| Extra Info: | Please read the instructions and information before downloading. Includes seaman's wills and some foreign returns of births, marriages and deaths. |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | Newspapers SG |
| Link: | https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers |
| Description: | An Online Archive of Singapore's Newspapers. |
| Extra Info: | Emigrated to Singapore or Malaya? Check their newspaper notices here. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Parish Records |
| Title: | Prince Edward Island Register |
| Link: | https://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: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180722214755/http://... |
| Description: | Scots in Argentina 1800-1932, Including the Argentine and Chilean Patagonia |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer live. Most information still seems to be available. |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Burial Plots, Deaths, Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | The 1805 Club |
| Link: | https://www.1805club.org/ |
| Description: | The 1805 Club was founded in 1990 to preserve and care for the memorials and graves of those associated with the sailing navy of the Georgian era. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Obituaries |
| Title: | The Honourable East India Company |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110207202311/http://h... |
| Description: | Finding East India Company Ancestors |
| Extra Info: | This is a copy of a site that is no longer active. May take a few moments to load, but most information still seems to be available. Collected from various publications. |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Deaths |
| Title: | The Ryerson Index |
| Link: | http://www.ryersonindex.org |
| Description: | Death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers |
| Extra Info: | Emigrated to Australia? Check here for their death notices. |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | US National Archives |
| Link: | https://www.archives.gov/ |
| Description: | US National Archives |
| 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. |
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