Falkland Islands Civil Registration

Falkland Islands

Civil Registration

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Online Resources

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Falkland Islands at Findmypast - index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Falkland Islands at Findmypast - index & images ($)
• 1628-1969: UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, Falkland Islands at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1982: Falklands War British Deaths at Findmypast - index only ($)

Offices to Contact

Falkland Islands Government
Stanley, Falklands Islands

Telephone: +500 27400
Email: info@sec.gov.fk

United Kingdom contact:
Falkland Islands Government Office, Falkland House
14 Broadway
Westminster, London
England SW1H 0BH

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7222 2542
Email: reception@falklands.gov.fk

Background

The Falkland Islands were entirely unoccupied before they were claimed by Britain in 1765. The population also has large Chilean and St Helenian communities.

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth Records

• Name of child
• Name of father
• Maiden name of mother
• Date of birth

Death Records

• Name of deceased
• Date of death
• Age
• Cause of death
• Rank or profession
• Names of parents, if a child