You may place an order online for a full certificate of an overseas birth (which will include parent's details) a death certificate or a marriage certificate.

Due to the variety in format of overseas records, the information that appears on the certificate depends on the type of record the certificate is produced from.

Normally the format of a birth certificate will include a date and place of birth, the child's name and the parent's names and surnames.

Wheras marriage certificates, that took place in a British Consul or were registered by the British Forces the certificate will take a usual format of date and place of marriage and the names and surnames of the bride and groom.
If however the marriage was one where a certificate was deposited with UK government records then it will be a certified copy of the original documents i.e. the certificate issued by the foreign country plus a translation, if applicable.

Death certificates will normally include date and place of death (in respect of war deaths this may just state the country), name and surname of the deceased and often the age at death or date of birth.

Overseas certificates can include

• Births, marriages and deaths registered by the British Forces and the British Consul or High Commission in the country where they took place, from 1849.
• Deaths that occurred in the Boer War and both World Wars.
• British Army Regimental records of births, baptisms and marriages dating back to 1761.
• Marine Births and Deaths, from 1837, which took place on British registered vessels.
• Aircraft Births and Deaths, from 1948, which took place on British registered aircraft.

If for any reason the overseas event can not be located we will refund in full.